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TIL about Anna Coleman Ladd , a sculptor , who gave new faces to WW1 soilders by making facial masks for them

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4wQ5 TIL that Guinness World Records had to drop records for consuming liquor, beer, wine as well as “other unusual records for consuming such unlikely things as bicycles and trees”.
xVLVo TIL that Pythagoras cannot have been the first to discover the Pythagorean theorem because it was known and used by the Babylonians over a millennium before he was born. Classical historians dispute whether he himself ever actually made any significant contributions to the field of mathematics.
grn6A TIL There are multiple types of Fireflies (Lampyridinae). The two most common types in North America are P. Pyralis, and the larger P. Carolinus
EgDw7 TIL John Rambo, character in First Blood and the Rambo series of films, was named by the author after a variety of apple.
kJ4pB TIL about "Reporter's Privilege" which protects journalists from having to reveal their sources of information in court due to the delicate nature of their work that relies of secret information