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4XWK5 TIL that in languages that read from left to right, the left hand page and the right hand page have names- Verso and Recto, respectively.
9wQZ6 TIL that many buildings set their thermostats for male comfort levels
5VMgn TIL that, in the largest armed uprising since the American Civil War, a group of West Virginia coal miners fought local and federal authorities at the Battle of Blair mountain in 1921 and were even bombed with gas and gunpowder.
MePN8 TIL of Alfred Holmes, one of Gibraltar's "Officers-in-Charge of the Apes." From 1913 to 1991, these soldiers cared for Gibraltar's macaque population. Holmes fed, nursed, and even trained them. Using eye signals and subtle head movements, he stopped the macaques from taking food offered by tourists.
wLwV7 TIL Kevin Smith directed the music video to “Because I Got High” by Afroman