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TIL John Quincy Adams called for the adoption of the metric system in the 1820s.

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GJEJ TIL of 286 scholarly investigations: 221 empirical studies and 65 reviews and/or analyses, that demonstrate women are as physically aggressive, or more, than men in their relationships with their spouses or male partners. The aggregate sample size in the reviewed studies exceeds 371,600.
nWNn7 TIL: Sam Warner Co-founder of Warner bros died of several tooth abscesses, After four surgeries to remove the infection, Warner slipped into a coma. He died of pneumonia caused by sinusitis, osteomyelitis and epidural and subdural abscess spread to his brain from his untreated cavities.
xP5D TIL that the western lowland gorilla’s scientific name is gorilla gorilla gorilla
nWVrb TIL That when Depression era Louisiana governor Huey Long was assassinated, he flagged down a taxi to take him to the hospital where he died of internal injuries.
MxVW TIL it costs 70 000$ just to get a permit to climb Mount Everest