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TIL That Johnny Knoxville of Jackass got inspiration for his stunts by watching episodes of Tom and Jerry

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jWRj TIL Madylyn Murray O'Hair, the Athiest activist who was responsible for prayer being removed from American public schools was, along with a son and granddaughter, murdered, dismembered, and buried on a Texas ranch in the 1990’s after a kidnapping gone wrong.
yVJZX TIL Mathematician Augustin-Louis Cauchy tutored Charles X's grandson but was not very successful in teaching the prince. When questioned by Cauchy on a problem in descriptive geometry, the prince was confused and hesitant, causing Cauchy to scream
JD9l TIL Neanderthals had larger brains and much stronger bodies than modern day humans and even sailed thousands of years before us.
9GXp TIL the word “canvas” is traced to Old French canevas, which in turn may be from Vulgar Latin cannepaceus, meaning “made of hemp,” derived from the Greek word κάνναβις (cannabis).
16oRW TIL that sewage treatment plants are not currently designed to remove pharmaceutical drugs from water. Nor are the facilities that treat water to make it drinkable. The aquatic life, particularly fish, are shown that estrogen and chemicals that behave like it have a feminizing effect on male fish.