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TIL that a prototype television was shown to the public in 1925 at Selfridge's department store in London.

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eW84 TIL that in World War II the United States created a program called “Hemp for Victory” where farmers and their sons wouldn’t be drafted if they grew Cannabis for the war effort.
J1yDV TIL that modern birds come from four distinct lineages that survived the asteroid impact.
N7088 TIL measuring 4086mi^2, the largest salt pan Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia is so flat that rain can’t drain, creating the world’s largest natural mirror. It’s also 5x better for satellite calibration than the surface of the ocean, and an elevation measurement accuracy of 0.8 inches
R7KA8 TIL the man who eulogized George Washington with the famous quote "First in War, First in Peace, and First in the Hearts of His Countrymen" was Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee, father of Confederate general Robert E. Lee.
mxoJx TIL Edgar Allen Poe died mysteriously after having been missing for six days. Though still alive when he was finally found, he was wearing someone else’s cheap clothes and not coherent enough to tell where he’d been. He had disappeared en route to his own wedding.