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TIL that in 1909, dueling with wax bullets became popular. Defeated parties could be “theoretically pronounced dead… and the supposedly fatal results created general merriment.”

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1yPD TIL there is a Kardashian index for scientists that indicate if a scientist has an overblown public profile without significant scientific contribution.
rNdoM TIL that in 1786, 12-year-old Hannah Ocuish - half Black and half Native - became the youngest U.S. person to be executed. She had reportedly beaten a neighbor's 6-year-old to death over a dispute involving some stolen strawberries.
6EMXm TIL "Made In x" label originates from the Germans who took quality assurance seriously 133 years ago
eM0k TIL the phone number for the Canadian government is 1-800-O-Canada
GoMQ TIL that Marc Lang holds the record for simultaneous blindfold chess. He played 46 matches at once, winning 19, drawing 13, and losing 3.