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TIL a farmer’s observation of his cows made his town a hot touristic spot for the rich and famous of 1600s England. He noticed that cows wouldn’t drink from a particular pond. The water was bitter. Also, it had medical properties. Epsom Salts were born and Epsom town became a popular spa destination

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gr61y TIL According to a 2009 study, the oldest words in the English language include “I“, “we“, “who“, “two” and “three“, all of which date back tens of thousands of years. The discovery was made by tracking the divergence of ancestral words into different languages with an IBM supercomputer.
PBQO TIL that Alien hand syndrome is a rare neurological disorder in which one hand functions involuntarily, with the victim completely unaware of its actions.
ZPDa TIL that Garth Brooks is one of the last hold out big-name musicians refusing to put his music on iTunes because he disagrees with Apple’s approach to selling music. He will only make his back catalog of hits and his new music available for download on his own website.
N7xkE TIL The USAF and later Atomic Energy Commission tried to develop a nuclear propulsion system for aircrafts between 1946 and 1961 at a total cost of about $1 billion. Two of assemblies, consisting of a reactor and two modified turbojets each, is on display at Idaho National Laboratory.
nMOG TIL John F. Kennedy requested his head of press, Pierre Salinger, to get him 1,000 Cuban cigars. Seconds after bringing the president 1,200 cigars, Kennedy signed the Cuban trade embargo.