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TIL of the very mysterious death of Edgar Allen Poe
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[TIL] About the Melanasians. A group of people with African descent who have naturally blonde hair.
awn49
TIL there is no english word for the bos taurus (commonly called cows). Cows, bulls, heiffers, steers, and oxen all specify age, sex, or purpose. Cattle doesn’t have a singular and bovine can refer to cattle, bison, buffalo, and yaks.
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TIL in 1933 six thousand people were deported to an island in the Soviet Union and left with only flour to eat and no shelter. Guards would hunt people like animals, deliberately sink ships full of people and cannibalism became common.
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TIL there's a light bulb that has been burning since 1901. Many like it still exist and can be found working. It has been cited as evidence for the existence of planned obsolescence in later-produced light bulbs. There is a livestream of it. Ironically, two cameras have already died while streaming.
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TIL the band Vulfpeck crowdfunded a free concert tour by uploading an album Sleepify to Spotify and asking their friends to play it on repeat while they slept. The album consisted only of 10 short silent tracks. Before Spotify removed the album the band had made the royalties amounting over $20,000.