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5ReP TIL: A French mathematician named Abraham de Moivre claimed that he noted that he was sleeping an extra 15 minutes each night and calculated the date of his death as the day when the sleep time reached 24 hours, the date was November 27, 1754. On that exact same day, Moivre was found dead in London.
QND0e Today I Learned Saint Nicholas became associated with secret gift-giving to children because it's said he secretly gave a poor family money during the night. The father could not afford a dowry so his three daughters were destined to never marry and become sex workers without St. Nick's help.
vPYo4 TIL about colloidal suspensions. It is a type of mixture where tiny particles of one substance are evenly dispersed in another substance. The particles are so small that they do not settle to the bottom, but instead stay suspended in the mixture.
rlV4 TIL The King of Bhutan wears a crown surmounted by the head of a raven. At one time it was a capital crime to kill a raven in Bhutan.
OoX84 TIL mahaska was a 1920s slang for gun and the origin is unclear.