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5DeQ TIL American coinage was made using definite measurements. 16 pennies stacked equals 1 inch and 16 pennies in a line equals 1 foot.
6abQ TIL of the Trachtenberg speed math system used to multiply large numbers in your head. It was developed by a Jew, Jakow Trachtenberg, while being held in a nazi concentration camp. He developed this technique as a distraction from the horrors surrounding him.
lonk7 Physicists have confirmed a pear-shaped nucleus, and it could ruin time travel forever.
ZWya TIL there was anti-slavery ship called the HMS Black Joke during the 1820s
gXZb TIL there were seven fabled cities of gold, not just El Dorado