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TIL of the “Technocracy movement”, a 1930s political movement that wanted to replace all politicians and businesspeople with scientists and engineers.

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9P1M TIL Steve McQueen when he would sign up for a movie, would demand from the studio bulk amounts of jeans, electric razors, and other men’s things, so that he could donate them to the boy’s reformatory school he spent his teenage years in.
J16y8 TIL of the Stoned Ape Theory, suggesting psilocybin caused the primitive brain's information-processing capabilities to rapidly reorganize, which in turn kick-started the rapid evolution of cognition that led to the early art, language, and technology written in Homo sapiens' archeological record.
0w8GA TIL of Noor Inayat Khan, an Indian woman who was posthumously awarded the George Cross for her service during WWII. She was the first female wireless operator to be parachuted into France to assist the French resistance. Later betrayed by a a member of the resistance, she would be executed in Dachau
GYLdN TIL Calorie for calorie, nutrient-dense foods benefit your health much more than nutrient-poor ones. The “calories in versus calories out” model fail to take this into account, reducing its relevance when it comes to your health.
6EyZW TIL that some beaches in Hawaii are white due to fish poop.