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TIL French used 10h day instead of 24h between 1793 - 1805 during era called "decimalisation"

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woX97 TIL there's a type of bezoar (gastrointestinal stone) that develops from eating partially unripe persimmons and one of the cures for this is Coca-Cola, which is enough to completely dissolve the bezoar on its own in around half of the cases
BrpZK TIL A farmer once sued his neighbor for shooting and killing his dog for 150 dollars in damages. The Lawyer George Graham Vest took the case and in his closing argument gave a eulogy of sorts known as Vest "Eulogy on the Dog" which is memorable to this day.
Y7M87 TIL that in 2014, Scientists at UCLA published a study which demonstrated that muscle mass, independent of fat mass and cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors, was inversely associated with mortality risk in older adults
xVOxw TIL the Lake Titicaca frog (Telmatobius culeus) does push-ups to help its saggy skin absorb the most oxygen possible from it's high altitude lake habitat
QJrYk TIL the United States, under Reagan, forced both Japan and Germany to sign the Plaza Accord. The agreement that would depreciate the Dollars at the costs of Yen and Mark appreciating greatly. This decision utterly destroyed Japan’s economy in the 1990s and beyond.