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TIL there's an international treaty preventing the use of Environmental Modification Techniques or "Weather Warfare".

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ANGWd TIL after fame as the author of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and infamy due to his relationship with his step-sister, Lord Byron got historic fame in streets and carved on the Temple of Poseidon by dying in Greece as he predicted after giving £4,000 (0.5M in 2024) for Greek independence from Ottomans
1aYW8 TIL that despite hosting the 1976 Olympics and competing in it, the nation of Canada failed to earn any gold medal.
8aObV TIL that scallops have jet propulsion
KYdOR TIL it was Kodak who brought the first digital camera to market. The DCS100 was made from a modified Nikon film camera, and had an attached HDD with a 156 photo capacity.
QNyMa TIL that in the world's first novel, the 11th-century Japanese "Tale of Genji", none of the characters are given explicit names. It was considered rude to call people by name, so the characters are referred to using (for example) their jobs or clothing color, which change throughout the story.