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TIL that in 1910 the United States almost introduced wild hippopotami into Louisiana to get rid of water hyacinth

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N7yxN TIL of the Axial Age is era between 8th to the 3rd century BCE when many great sages appeared, including the Buddha, Socrates, Confucius, Jeremiah and the mystics of the Upanishads. It's been described by as 'a deep breath, a pause for liberty between the age of empires' where a new humanity began.
R5bj6 TIL in Henry Fords' childhood farming was manual. He wanted to "lift the burden of farming from flesh and blood and place it on steel and motors." Ford was the only automotive firm to sell cars, trucks and tractors simultaneously from 1917 to 1928.
KOwwG TIL Nearly Half of All Murdered Women Are Killed by Romantic Partners
QJ1Ea TIL that the first thing ever sold on the net was weed, sold by Stanford students to counterparts in MIT
6yNY TIL that the word “barbecue” has been around since 1650, and that is has meant “outdoor meal of roasted meat or fish as a social entertainment” since 1733.