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TIL Nikola Tesla planned to make school children smarter and healthier by saturating them unconsciously with electricity, wiring the walls of a schoolroom with high-voltage lines. The plan was provisionally approved by then superintendent of New York City schools, William H. Maxwell.

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LQbM9 TIL of Earp’s Vendetta Ride, a deadly search carried out by Wyatt Earp searching for the cowboys responsible for maiming his brother Virgil and killing his brother Morgan in the Arizona Territory. The search will end with 4 dead and an arrest warrant being issued for Wyatt.
rjBe TIL in 2007, a nine-year-old Jack Russell Terrier named George sacrificed himself to save five children from an attack by two Pit Bulls. All three dogs had to be euthanized, but George was posthumously awarded a PDSA Gold Medal and his heroism was commemorated with a bronze statue.
pVvG TIL that Orthocarbonic Acid is called “Hitler’s Acid” because its molecular geometry resembles a swastika
9YyBX TIL that a female ant which is capable of sexual reproduction, but isn't a queen, is referred to as a "gamergate"
woPxo TIL the Stellar's sea cow, an extinct sea mammal like manatee, stretching 30 feet, had so much blubber it couldn't submerge itself entirely