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Today I Learned That There Are More Than 5 States Of Matter Other Then Solid, Liquid, And Gas Which Include “Plasma”, “Bose-Einstein condensate” And Many More.

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j6JLv TIL in the 1920s, Coco Chanel accidentally got a tan, and helped inspire the trend of sunbathing. Soon "sunlight therapy" was prescribed for almost every ailment from fatigue to tuberculosis. Before this, tanned skin was associated with the lower classes who work outside, and fair skin was revered.
gMZxX TIL that Aaron Lewis messed up the national anthem at the Major League World Series in 2014, but it was also him that mocked Christina Aguilera for messing up the national anthem in 2011 at the Super Bowl
781mZ TIL John Heisman, whom the Heisman Trophy was named for, was Georgia Tech's head coach for its 222-0 game against Cumberland and ran up the score as payback for Cumberland baseball team's thrashing Heisman's coached GA Tech baseball team 22-0 earlier in the same year.
ymp8 TIL when Australian driver Alan Jones won the 1977 Austrian Formula 1 Grand Prix, the race organisers didn’t have a copy of his national anthem to play at the podium ceremony (unaware that it was God Save The Queen). Instead, a drunk person played “Happy Birthday” on a trumpet.
RG61 TIL of the Battle for Castle Itter where defected Wehrmacht soldiers requested the help of American soldiers to help defend the castle from the Waffen-SS, who planned to execute the French VIP’s inside. It is the only known battle in World War II where the German and American armies fought together.