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TIL that peaceful protests are historically ten times more likely to lead to change than violent resistance

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Z8XGG TIL that the Fahrenheit temperature scale was the only used temperature scale in the English Speaking world until the 1960s. Britain and Canada among others converted to Celsius, with the US being the exception.
YpwNG TIL about Joe Simpson, who broke his leg descending a mountain and was lowered off the mountain by his climbing partner Simon Yates. He ends up falling off a cliff and into a crevasse after Simon is forced to cut the rope. He survives and crawls 8 miles to safety. Better story in link.
g4JD TIL that after the death of Ludvig Nobel, brother of Alfred Nobel the inventor of the dynamite, a French newpaper mistook him for his brother and wrote a scathing obituary for Alfred Nobel. This caused Alfred to consider his legacy and caused him to create what today we call the Nobel Prize.
0JG1 TIL that the best selling instrumental single in the world was the “Star Wars Theme and Cantina Band” by Meco
RxAj TIL that a girl name Genie was isolated from society at birth. When she was rescued 13 years later, she had the mental age of a one year old.