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TIL that "Nut graph" is a term in journalism for the paragraph that explains the story in a nutshell

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YpPXr TIL in 2012, a borough in the city of London commissioned the design of a bench that was made to deter use for sleeping, littering, skateboarding, drug dealing, graffiti and theft. It has been called the "perfect anti-object" and a "masterpiece of unpleasant design".
7r0Yr TIL China has successfully used snake oil as medicine due to the high levels of Omega-3 in some snakes
rR5Jd TIL The common swift holds the record for the longest continuous flight time. A study of 19 swifts showed the birds stay in flight for 10 months out of the year. Three of the birds did not rest once, staying in flight for 300 days straight.
kJ0mW TIL: From 1928 to 1948, the 1903 Wright Flyer was displayed at the Science Museum London. As the Smithsonian refused to credit the Wright brothers with the first flight. Instead, crediting Smithsonian Secretary Samuel Langley. During WW2, it was moved away from London to protect it from bombing.
D16jj TIL in 1490, the Ming Dynasty reportedly experienced a meteor shower so severe it resulted in a “rain of rocks”, killing several tens of thousands of people, according to some official sources