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TIL that a week after the Kent State massacre in 1970, a Gallup poll revealed nearly 60 percent placed total blame on the students, while only 10 percent blamed the guardsmen.

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nWBGb TIL that the first heartbeat in zebrafish embryos begins abruptly and in sync across all heart cells, a process likened to an army starting to march in perfect unison without prior practice.
d8pm9 TIL that my local library has a "library of things" including a Singer sewing machine, GoPro, SNES console, air fryer, Insta-Pot, camping tent, metal detector, and so many boards games and tools!
XZn6 TIL /r/The Fappening has donated over $21000 dollars to prostate cancer
v10E8 TIL Greenwich Mean Time is mean because Noon GMT is the annual average moment of the moment the Sun crosses the Greenwich meridian and reaches its highest point in the sky there. It is rarely the exact moment, and may occur up to 16 minutes before or after noon GMT.
VwEG TIL-Mel Blanc’s natural voice was that of Sylvester the Cat’s, but without the lisp.