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TIL: All Rainbows are full circles

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Z8Jko TIL About Empedocles, a Greek philosopher who thought he was a God. In order to prove his divinity, he leapt into Mount Etna to show that he could survive the fire. It is said his bronze sandal was found after it was spat out of the volcano.
9ZEM TIL New Zealand soldiers carved a gigantic Kiwi into the side of a hill in England right after WWI. It’s still visible today.
pD0A TIL as Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger delayed telling President Richard Nixon about the start of the Yom Kippur War in 1973 to keep him from interfering
jNRdn TIL In 2013, Apple banned an app from the appstore for having the potential to damage a user's device. This app was called, "Send Me To Heaven". The premise of the game was, the user would throw their iPhone into the air as high as possible. The creator wanted to destroy as many iPhones as possible.
kr5W TIL Buddhist monks with advanced meditative practice have higher gamma frequencies than average people (brain waves associated with intelligence, compassion, self-control, and happiness)