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TIL "steep learning curve" is used incorrectly, it actually means something is easy to learn. Something hard to learn has a flat learning curve

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GkVg TIL that in the American Civil War Generals were 50% more likely to die in battle than Privates
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QJDwk TIL In 1536, French explorer Jacques Cartier and his crew were cured of scurvy by drinking tea of pine needles and by eating bark given to them by the Iroquois after the crew suffered months of nutritional deprivation at sea. Pine needles have approximately 3 to 5 times more vitamin C than an orange
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O5g4 TIL, When passing sound waves through an air bubble immersed in water, it presents a rather unusual occurrence; light.