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TIL the introduction of air conditioning on the NYSE trading floor led to a measurable drop in stock market volatility

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QNXAk TIL that in 2022 SpaceX's Falcon family rockets flew 62 times, accounting for over 3/4ths of American orbital launches(87) and nearly 1/3rd of global launches(187)
RZV8 TIL of a monk who had taken an old book written by Archimedes, erased the contents, and wrote over it with prayers. Scientists have determined that that monk erased a previously unknown book by Archimedes, that laid out the foundations of Calculus thousands of years before Newton and Leibniz.
b95Vj TIL about the Devil's Chair, a graveside bench in the cemetery in Cassadaga, Florida. According to local legend, an unopened beer left on the chair will be empty by morning. The Devil is sometimes said to appear to anyone bold enough to sit in the chair.
OoNkX TIL the reason The Beatles' rooftop concert wasn't played in a normal venue is that they didn't want to have to transport all their equipment, so they just played at Apple Corps.
X00vE TIL: Aggstein Castle, in Austria, was once used as a base for robber barons/pirates to steal cargo from ships, traveling the Danube River