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G7QQ TIL Thomas Jefferson invented the swivel chair and sat on the first one while writing much of the Declaration of Independence
awDN TIL: The world produces enough food to feed everyone. World agriculture produces 17 percent more calories per person today than it did 30 years ago, despite a 70 percent population increase. This is enough to provide everyone in the world with at least 2,720 kilocalories (kcal) per person per day
Y7pAr TIL A Canadian makeup developer helped Crayola create "Colors of the World" crayons that are meant to accurately reflect human skin tones. He pared down the 40 shades he had created for Cover FX to 24 distinct colors that kids can use to draw themselves
lBL1 TIL that when Keith Moon collapsed mid-concert, a 19 year old kid climbed on stage and played drums for The Who.
GYP6G TIL Yajnavalkya (8th century BCE) is considered one of the earliest philosophers in recorded history and he likely lived in the Videha region of ancient India. Yajnavalkya had metaphysical questions about the nature of existence, consciousness and impermanence