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TIL that loganberries aren't a separate species of berry, but are a cross between blackberries and raspberries.

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x6LDB TIL about Strom Thurmond filibuster. On 28 August 1957, US Senator Strom Thurmond conducted the longest speaking filibuster ever by a lone senator, at 24 hours and 18 minutes in length, in opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957. The filibuster failed to prevent the passage of the bill
vxnj TIL that Billiards directly contributed to the invention of plastic since ivory was too expensive for billiard balls
oROJ8 TIL In the 1800s, individuals secured government jobs through connections to presidents, not by merit. This practice ended after a disgruntled job-seeker assassinated President James A. Garfield, whom he believed owed him a government appointment.
ep415 TIL the official cause of the Xbox 360 red ring of death was the poor quality of soldering balls used to adhere the GPU to the motherboard. The fluctuations in temperature when the console was turned on and off frequently, led to the soldering balls fracturing.
M7O60 TIL that austrian poet Georg Trakl (1887-1914) was a pharmacist and served as a medical officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army. In the battle of Gródek (September 1914), he had to take care of 90 severely wounded soldiers all by himself for two days. Trakl overdosed on cocaine in November 1914.