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TIL The Wizard of OZ was an allegory for progressivism—The cowardly lion represents politicians bowing to big business, and the tin man and scarecrow are workers and farmers. Dorthy is America, erroneously following the yellow brick road (gold standard) but saved by her silver slippers (in the book)

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xRAk TIL that in seniors life expectancy can be predicted from their regular walking speed. The faster the speed the higher the survival rate.
e6QD TIL testosterone increases by 200% when genital skin is exposed to the sun
xVM6D TIL Tesla has made changes to the Model 3 interior and it is now officially 100% leather-free
aOk0 TIL that on August 21, 1986, Lake Nyos in Cameroon released a wave of concentrated carbon dioxide that killed around 1,800 people and thousands of animals almost instantaneously. One witness said, “On that day there were no flies on the dead. The flies were dead too.”
bajj TIL that Febuary the 9th, 1964, almost half (45%) of all US television viewers tuned into the same program: The Ed Sullivan Show and The Beatles