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TIL The term “meme” was coined by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in 1976. It represents “one unit of cultural transmission.”

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77WZ TIL: NY Hospital Painted an MRI Machine like a Pirate Ship to Alleviate Children’s Fears of the Machine
D1bxP TIL that a professor who ran a long running study on a pitch drop missed every single drop. One in 1977 because he went home tired, another in 1988 because he went to get a cup of tea, and in 2000 due to a malfunctioned webcam. When the next drop finally fell in 2014, he had died 8 month earlier
x6AnB TIL that Christopher Walken Used To Work As A Lion Tamer
6ExyY TIL Sheep and goats are being used for weed control in difficult to reach areas, and to keep vegetation down from around runways, discouraging wildlife from gathering and causing danger to aircraft. They will eat noxious weeds as an environmentally friendly alternative to herbicides in city parks.
kOBEB TIL Rice farming occupies almost a third of Earth’s fresh water.