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TIL that Ringo Starr sells his MS paint art for thousands of dollars

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pD58 TIL that up until the 1800’s, it was commonly believed that placing dirty underwear in a bucket with wheat grains would “generate” mice. This was called spontaneous generation, the idea that life could be created from nonliving objects.
e0W0g TIL that working memory operates phonologically which helps Chinese speaking people to remember more digits than English speakers because Chinese number words are all single syllables whereas words in English aren’t.
JY4vj TIL Beekeeping is leading to a decline of wild bees, and is not considered a conservationist effort.
Vm6Q TIL antlers are the fastest growing tissue in mammals. An adult bull moose can add a pound of bone a day during the summer.
Z87Pp TIL during a coup attempt in 1972, four Moroccan pilots intercepted a Boeing 727 carrying the Moroccan King and fired on it. The King (himself a pilot), grabbed the radio and told the rebel pilots, “Stop firing! The tyrant is dead!” Fooled, the rebels broke off their attack and the coup failed.