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TIL Socrates was so annoying that people nicknamed him the Gadfly (horse fly), but instead of an insult he started calling himself the Gadfly.

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9wJbm TIL that blood donation was segregated in USA, and initially excluded African-American donors. It was not until 1950 that the Red Cross stopped requiring the segregation of so-called N. blood. And it was not until the late 1960s and early 1970s that Southern states overturned similar requirements
D1dkp TIL the inventor of the Super Soaker & Nerf Gun was a nuclear engineer, Tuskegee University Ph.D. and former NASA scientist.
rRB7W TIL there’s a garden in the UK dedicated to plants that are deadly & can kill you. It’s only available to visit by booking a guided tour & people have fainted walking around due to the fumes that some plants give off. It’s classed as the most dangerous garden in the world & holds over 100 plants.
v1GMR TIL about the Still Face Experiment, where infants showed they can experience great distress when they are not smiled at and responded to.
PYy0E TIL about Fordite/Motor City Agate, a man-made, eco-friendly gem made from recycled car paint from hand-sprayed cars. The paint is then baked and formed into jewelry