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bOW9 TIL that Louis Armstrong’s hit, “What a Wonderful World”, made him the oldest male ever to top the charts.
6ED8Z TIL gossiping women or those who were accused of witchcraft were made to wear an iron muzzle in medival England.
wN5W TIL Gustav III of Sweden’s coffee experiment using 2 identical twins that were condemned to death, but had their sentence reduced to life in prison on the conditions of conducting this experiment.
LQEg9 TIL that in the U.S. in 1902, more than half of new car registrations were for steam-powered cars. Steam engines were safe, reliable, and familiar, having already been used in trains and boats. However, they were heavy, slow to start (the water had to boil), and required constant attention.
8eExZ TIL South Africa is the first country to voluntarily dismantle its own nuclear weapons it had developed itself