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TIL that the term 'meme' was coined by Richard Dawkins in 1976

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W7Zo9 TIL about Shockwave, a semi-truck outfitted with three jet engines capable of producing 36,000 horsepower which allowed the truck to complete the quarter-mile in 6.63 seconds. It consumed fuel at a rate equal to 400 gallons per mile (940 liters per km), even more when using the afterburners.
PYoDn TIL that the human brain can process and correctly identify images seen for as little as 13 milliseconds.
8eB7L TIL: After the Union Army routed the Confederates at the battle of Chattanooga, a Chaplain asked if the war dead should be sorted and separated by state in the cemetery. The Union general responded by saying “Mix 'em up. I'm tired of states' rights.”
dDrJ7 TIL that it is not known exactly when the University of Oxford was founded
nWn6P TIL that JRR Tolkien never said Hobbits have unusually large feet. This notion was introduced by illustrators and later copied into other depictions.