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TIL about Norman Cahners, 1936 Harvard class president, U.S. Track & Field Olympic Trials qualifier, inventor of the modern pallet, Navy Officer, and magazine publishing empire founder.

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R7PB9 Today I learned of the severed feet of Salish Sea in the Pacific Northwest. Since 2007 at least 20 human feet have washed up on shore. It has been blamed on everything from a serial killer to plane crashes to a tsunami with the most likely explanation being some combination of these.
xPWb TIL that it takes 10,000 to 170,000 years for the light, to go from the core of the sun to the surface
VMwom TIL “&” used to be the 27th character in the alphabet. Originally pronounced ‘and’ the ABC’s ended X,Y,Z and and. To clarify, people would say X,Y,Z, and, by itself, and. Or, incorporating the Latin phrase, X,Y,Z and ‘per se’ and. “And per se and” got contracted to ampersand. *
lLmr TIL people have been building a medieval castle near Treigny, France, using only medieval techniques and materials, according to an architectural model from the 13th century. They’re in their seventeenth year.
6Em0Q TIL George Miller, creator of the Mad Max movie franchise, also directed the family friendly films Happy Feet and Babe: Pig in the City.