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TIL that the Portuguese Man-of-War is a colony of organisms not just one big scary jellyfish

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VjZp TIL Quality of US teachers was so poor in 2001 that the average teacher only scored better than 42% of students. By 2008, it was only up to 50%. This was done by requiring qualifications such as actually having degrees in whatever they are teaching.
KOy6B TIL a cartel of GE, Philips and other lightbulb makers conspired to make lightbulbs burn out sooner so people would have to replace the bulbs more. Called the Phoebus Cartel, they actually fined manufacturers whose lights lasted too long.
8eEZZ TIL there is no single universally agreed scientific meaning of the word "matter". Scientifically, the term "mass" is well-defined, but "matter" can be defined in several ways.
16Rg4 TIL about Dr. Samuel Mudd Sr., an American physician who rendered aid to John Wilkes Booth after President Lincoln's assassination and then covered up Booth's location when questioned by authorities. Mudd was convicted of conspiring to assassinate the president but avoided execution by one vote.
9YZMX TIL Davy Crockett was more than just a folk hero, soldier and frontiersman. He was a soldier and a politician who who was elected to the House of Representatives in 1827, for Tennessee, and was vehemently opposed to Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act.