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TIL a furnace used to blow glass is called a ‘Glory Hole’

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p8GD8 TIL the founder of the Smithsonian, James Smithson, was a British scientist who willed his fortune to his nephew and in the event his nephew died with no heirs, to the US government to found an "Establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men"; having never visited the US.
nW90P TIL the left-handed isomer of methamphetamine is freely sold under the very altered name levmetamfetamine (not abusable)
Z8NXY TIL about FNG Syndrome. Instead of rotating units into and out of Vietnam, the US military replaced individual members. The replacements were subjected to abuse from their peers, leading to an increase in the number of psychiatric casualties who were removed from the battlefield
KJ7Q TIL George Washington predicted a national/political climate eerily similar to what we are going through today resulting from the 2 party system.
4klXa TIL that the “Zoom-Zoom-Zoom” song used in Mazda car commercials isn’t actually in English. It’s a Brazilian capoeira song (in Portuguese) also known as “Zum Zum Zum” and featured in the 1993 movie, Only The Strong.