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TIL I learned the popular phrase “Pull yourself up by the bootstraps” was originally created to highlight the impossibility of getting out of a bad situation on one’s own, regardless of how hard one works.

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4kb5b TIL Elephants are afraid of bees, so African farmers are putting beehives at the edge of their farms to keep elephants out
wL6k7 TIL a popular sport among Native Americans was basically LaCrosse with teams of "5 to 100" that would last for days. It was used as training, entertainment, and dispute resolution. Being a sore loser is considered to be the spark that ignited an actual war in the 1600's.
e0Kw4 TIL the British government accidentally published classified information about their nuclear submarines in a "redacted" report. The classified information had been "blacked out" in the document, but anyone who opened the document could copy and paste the "blacked-out" text in order to read it.
xVd6B TIL: Egg cartons claiming “hormone free” or “antibiotic free” eggs is a false marketing ploy, as no hormones or antibiotics are used in producing eggs for human consumption.
oK8A TIL that there is a 3D image of Marines hoisting the Flag over Iwo Jima because photographer Joe Rosenthal and camera man Staff Sgt. Bill Genaust took almost the same image standing a few feet apart