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TIL: That small plastic spheres are floated on top of reservoirs to help stop evaporation during droughts.

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gMyvX TIL of Steven Bradbury's olympic gold after all of his opponents were involved in a last corner pile-up.
NX5ab TIL Much of Thespis (Gilbert and Sullivan's first opera) has been lost. The little music that has survived largely comes from Sullivan recycling his material, Climbing Over Rocky Mountain was later used in The Pirates of Penzance and the ballet was likely reused for the French The Mikado.
5YpGR TIL In the 1890s, electric bicycles were documented within various U.S. patents. However, in 1992 hardly any commercial electric bicycles were available and the terms E-Bike, power bike, pedelec, assisted bicycle, and power-assisted bicycle only became popular by 2001
VM4NG TIL that a coach for the Los Angles Angels in the early 90s was at one point a roommate of Babe Ruth
k4bE TIL that on December 25th, the ancient Romans would celebrate Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, the birthday of their sun god. The holiday eventually morphed into Christmas.