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TIL The iconic theme from ‘The Legend of Zelda’ for the NES was composed in one night because Nintendo was originally using a copyrighted song

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7r88M TIL scientists caught a skink evolving. Researchers found that skinks living below a mountain in warmer climates would lay eggs. At higher climates, the cold caused the skinks to hold their eggs inside for longer until they would hatch internally for live births.
8a4LZ TIL The father of modern medicine (hyprocartes) prescribed fasting as a cure for many illness even 3000 years ago, even back then they understood the power of the body to heal itself whereas now if it can't be solved with a prescription pill then it can't be diagnosed
yVYgp TIL What Really Happened to Ahmed Best and Jake Lloyd
gMA7W TIL the story of Isaac Newton watching an apple fall out of a tree often misses an important detail, it was a windy day. The wind blew the apple at an angle as it fell. This caused Newton to wonder if an object could fall at such an angle that it never hits the ground, aka an orbit.
VMl5Q TIL that due to Bengal famine in 1770 almost 10 million people died in Bengal in 4 years eliminating 1/3rd of the population. This led to huge reduction in land Revenues of the East India Company which then influenced British to pass Tea act to reduce its troubles which led to Boston Tea Party.