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TIL: The first known “battery” dates back 2000 years, could produce up to 2 volts, and its use was unknown

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5VXXP TIL: In 1880, the average ages of consent in the US were set at 10 or 12 years old in most states, with the exception of Delaware where it was 7.
b7g7 TIL - When one is named after a dead person, it is called a necronym.
7ZMb TIL There exists a, “Devil’s Interval,” a series of notes so dissonant and alluring, musicians would be put to death by the clergy during the middle ages for playing them.
6XJm TIL the tomb of China’s first emperor has never been opened due to a river of poisonous mercury that flows inside it.
GYOKN TIL DeForest Kelley joked that one of his biggest fears was that "He's dead, Jim", would be on his tombstone. When he passed away from stomach cancer in 1999, Newsweek led his obituary by saying "We're not even going to try to resist. He's dead, Jim".