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TIL when introduced, there was a conspiracy saying the creation Zip Codes was masked Communism made “to depersonalize or dehumanize” Americans

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Z80JD TIL Ancient Sumeria elected 'Substitute Kings' during eclipses to protect the king from a prophecy of death. Once a real king, 'Erra-imitti' suddenly died while eating hot porridge and his substitute, 'Enlil-bani' formerly a random gardener, stayed king for 24 years.
PYPxJ TIL that former Prime Minister of Norway Jens Stoltenberg once went incognito as a taxi-driver in Oslo because he wanted to "hear from real Norwegian voters and that taxis were one of the few places where people shared their true views."
R7ar7 TIL in 1962 a bear was ejected from a B-58 jet bomber at 870 mph to test whether humans could survive supersonic ejections. The bear then floated down via parachute from 35,000 feet over the course of 7 minutes, where it landed unharmed.
oR7Oo TIL DNA transfer does not only occur "vertically", that is, from parent to progeny. There is also a form of DNA transfer known as horizontal or intracellular DNA transfer, which consists in a piece of DNA being transferred from the genome of one cell to that of another—including between species.
Yp8bA Today I Learned that TMZ gets its name from the 'Thirty Mile Zone' around Hollywood which is considered 'local' and is all about union rules and money.