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TIL there is a World Swastika Rehabilitation Day, where “the goal is to return the swastika’s true meaning of peace and harmony to this ancient symbol regretfully hijacked by the Nazis”

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e0Kn4 TIL that in ancient Rome, commoners would evacuate entire cities in acts of revolt called "Secessions of the Plebeians", leaving the elite in the cities to fend for themselves
ONy1 TIL of Foxes that can jump 3 feet in the air to dive 3 feet into snow to catch mice. They determine the speed and trajectory of the mouse before nose diving with pinpoint accuracy.
YprEZ TIL in 1843 Ada Lovelace translated an article on the "analytical engine," and added notes that described how codes can be created for the device to handle letters and symbols along with numbers. It was for this and other contributions that she is widely regarded as the first computer programmer.
rvle TIL: That the only woman ever in history to obtain a 10th degree black belt in Judo did so at the age of 97. She also continued teaching Judo 3x a week until she died at 99
R7Ek8 TIL: That while the kilogram is defined in terms of three fundamental physical constants, the imperial equivalent, the pound is legally defined as exactly 0.45359237 kilograms