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Today I learned what it actually means to “Pull out all the stops”

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ExkX TIL there is a huge catfish known as the Piraiba, one of which was reported as having swallowed a human whole in the 90s.
BgWwk TIL John Hart attempted to reform English spelling over 200 years before Noah Webster
gMwj7 TIL that there is a link between pandemics and psychosis in the population
9jYr TIL there is a thin wire that circles Manhatten (and other cities) that permits Orthodox Jews to act as if they were inside their home for their day of rest.
MeQ48 TIL that the treadmill originated in prisons. It was meant as a punishment, a source of electricity, and to keep prisoners active.