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TIL water privatization has proven to be another cause of—rather than a solution to—chronic water shortage problems

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neDY9 TIL Babe Ruth believed that his birthday was February 7, 1894. However, when he applied for a passport he looked up his birth certificate and found his birthday listed as February 6, 1895, nearly a full year later than he thought.
yQ8bM TIL When famed troll and philosopher Diogenes the Cynic was being sold as a slave, he listed his speciality as "ruling men." He subsequently pointed to Xeniades, a wealthy Corinthian and said, “Sell me to this man; he needs a master.” He was sold on the spot and became a tutor to Xeniades's sons.
awNNZ TIL: The first electronic cigarette was developed in America. In 1963 Herbert A Gilbert applied for a patent for his “smokeless non-tobacco cigarette”, and the patent was granted in 1965. After Gilbert’s patent was granted the concept sank into obscurity for almost 40 years.
dDjOd TIL in Maryland, there is a mariner celebration of burning socks on the equinox, since mariners only wear socks in the winter.
R7NBQ TIL that researchers from Aalto University in Finland have successfully tested quantum teleportation of macroscopic objects