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TIL about C.V. Wood, one of the chief designers of Disneyland and who helped secure funding through corporate sponsorships. He was actually fired three months after the park opened after Roy Disney caught him embezzling and he took his expertise to build other theme parks such as Six Flags.

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LmOr TIL that praising a child’s intelligence may encourage them to only engage in low-risk tasks in which their intelligence won’t be challenged, as learning takes a backseat to praise-seeking. This will often last throughout adulthood. Want better results? Praise them on their efforts instead.
9YdvG TIL about the Antikythera mechanism, an Analogue Computer from 100 BC used to predict astronomical positions for calendars decades in advance.
jN0vM TIL that Protestant Reformation leader, Martin Luther, was an anti-Semite who denounced and urged the persecution of Jews
8O7V TIL the great wall of china has caused the populations of plants on each side to diverge genetically.
Mv5B TIL the US Navy’s most secretive naval base is located in a remote lake in northern Idaho. This base is believed to be used to develop stealth submarine technology and some locals believe that there is an underground waterway to the Pacific ocean used for top secret deployment