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TIL that George Orwell was a socialist who saw every line of prose he wrote to be in favour of democratic socialism

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D1odD TIL Chinese leader Sun Yun-suan was credited for overseeing the transformation of Taiwan from being a mainly agricultural economy to an export powerhouse. Sun was also sent to Nigeria and he increased Nigeria's power supply by 88%
v17v8 TIL the egyptian fertility god min,whose symbol was the lettuce and the bull, was often depicted with an erect penis.Lettuce was considered an aphrodisiac among ancient egyptians.
6oOW TIL venus spins on its axis so slowly that the average human could easily out-walk it.
kO59m TIL of the Battle for Texel, the last european battle of World War 2.
nerdG TIL that the pressurized bodies of early airships were called “envelopes,” a term that persisted in aviation to later describe the ideal flight performance of an airplane. When early NASA test pilots reached higher altitude, they called it “pushing the envelope” which is where we get the phrase.