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TIL Bruno Mars’ real name is Peter Hernandez
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TIL: That yellow fever is named that because the skin turns yellow as the liver shuts down. The Spanish also named the fever after a symptom of the disease: Vomito Negro (Black Vomit)
KO114
TIL of Arthur Brown, one of Utah’s first two senators elected by their legislature in 1896 after gaining statehood who, after leaving office, was charged with adultery multiple times and shot and killed by his mistress who was acquitted for reasons of temporary insanity.
AmA7
TIL that, in 1818, an Englishman accused of murder demanded a trial by combat. Surprisingly, the law that allowed for trial by combat was still valid, and the man was acquitted when his accuser declined the offer of battle. Trial by combat was abolished the following year.
9YaKQ
TIL a Yosemite Park ranger said designing garbage cans for the park is a difficult task because they have to be easy enough for humans to open, but complex enough so bears can't, citing a "considerable overlap" between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists.
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TIL In 1848, Poe wrote a prose poem called Eureka, in which he speculated that the universe began from a single point that expanded outward. While not scientifically precise, his ideas eerily resemble modern concepts of the Big Bang nearly 80 years before it was proposed.