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TIL Harvard University is older than calculus.
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WkejB
TIL that Danish 1, 2 and 5 kröner coins have holes in them to help blind people differentiate between coins.
PkYV
TIL The world’s most venomous spiders are the Brazilian wandering spiders which has the most active neurotoxic venom of any living spider. These large and highly aggressive creatures often enter human dwellings and hide in clothing or shoes. When disturbed they bite furiously several times
dl9B
TIL April 16, 2016 will be the 500 year anniversary of Bavaria adopting the Reinheitsgebot. It is a law that said that the only ingredients that could be used in the production of beer were water, barley and hops. It was later amended to include yeast.
1a4l4
Today I learned that the word broadcast is actually an agricultural term that describes the process of scattering nutrients or seeds onto the ground indiscriminately.
6KM7
TIL Workers in Cuban cigar factories would employ a “Lector” who would read newspapers, political treatises and classical literature to break the monotony of the cigar-rollers’ work, so even illiterate cigar-rollers would be well-informed and familiar with great literature.