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TIL that March was the medieval term for the borderlands where territories overlapped. Just as Counts ruled counties, Marches gave rise to titles like Marquis.

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Memm7 TIL about the Finkbeiner Test, which is used avoid gender bias in science related journalism by asking the author to avoid mentioning a female scientist's child care arrangements, her husband's job and other topics not germane to the article.
pY4QO TIL about "Go motion" a stop motion technique created by Phil Tippet in which they animate puppets connected to computers that record movements, then just filming the puppet being articulated by the computer replaying the movements it had recorded, all in order to avoid adding artificial motion blur
Wkx7d TIL: Enya has never gone on a concert tour or even performed a solo concert, despite being Ireland’s best selling solo artist and 2nd overall behind U2.
EpEo TIL in 1997, amphetamine, methamphetamine, nicotine, and mescaline was found within two species of Texas acacia bushes.
b6Odp TIL that excommunicated Martin Luther, who had a history of depression, argued that suicide is not sin. Further cementing his differences with the Catholic Church.