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TIL that Bowling Balls 12 lbs or less float in water
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TIL about Ryleyev Kondraty Fodorovich a poet who was sentenced to be hung for this role in the Decembrist Uprising. The rope broke which usually led to a pardon, seen as divine intervention but he said, "In Russia not know how to do anything properly, not even how to make a rope." He was hung again
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TIL that women who went to Harvard and graduated from there before 1999, weren’t allowed to receive a Harvard degree. They received a “Radcliffe University” degree instead.
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In short, viruses can’t take the heat.
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TIL researchers did an experiment in 1999 on rats to see how long they could live without sleep. They mostly lasted 2 weeks of this torture before succumbing.
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TIL the Adidas and Puma clothing companies were founded by two brothers who feuded until their deaths. (Bonus: they were both members of the Nazi party).