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TIL there was a ‘father of algebra’ before Al-Khwarizmi.
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TIL that there is a sparkling blue African berry which can retain it’s color for 40+ years after being picked.
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TIL people with red hair are more sensitive to thermal pain, are less sensitive to electrically induced pain, and require larger amounts of anesthetics than people without red hair due to a mutation in their melanocortin 1 receptor.
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TIL that before becoming a household name on television shows such as “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “Lou Grant,” actor Ed Asner worked on the assembly line at GM.
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TIL Humans and the Tyrannosaurus rex are closer on the world's timeline than the T. rex and Stegosaurus.
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TIL that the US wouldn’t agree to the 1954 Geneva Accords that would allow Vietnam to hold elections and vote for their own leaders. This refusal was a starting point for the Vietnam War.