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TIL there are only two known pictures of the United States Supreme Court in session - both taken in the 1930’s

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X0Xdr TIL that Arthur Hill Hassall (1817– 1894) was a British physician, and a pioneer in the use of the microscope as a tool in medicine and public health. In 1846 he published a two-volume study, ‘The Microscopic Anatomy of the Human Body in Health and Disease’, the first English textbook on the subject
Na8N TIL November 9 is the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, declaration of the Weimar Republic, and abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II…and also the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Beer Hall Putsch, and the execution of Robert Blum (1848 revolutionary leader)
rNNm4 TIL hummingbird feeders need daily cleaning in hot weather bc nectar spoils in heat & sickens the birds. Several ways to protect their food from overheating include: place feeders in shade, freeze nectar into small cubes & fill feeders with them to delay heating, wrap in foil, use glass feeders.
nWXZG TIL that the ‘Paul is dead’ conspiracy alleges that Paul McCartney died in 1966 in a car crash and to spare the public from grief, the surviving Beatles, aided by MI5, replaced him with a look-alike.
ANjg TIL that King Abdullah II of Jordan is a direct descendent of the prophet Muhammad, also once made a cameo in Star Trek.