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TIL The geometric foundational work for Einstein's general theory of relativity in 1915 was laid by Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann some 60 years earlier

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v16gB TIL about Daniel Freeman, a Civil War veteran and the first person to claim land under the Homestead Act. Later in life, he brought up and won a landmark separation of church and state case against a teacher who was evangelizing to her students with permission from the school board.
69Ry7 TIL that people used to split their sleep into two segments, waking up at for around 2 hours at around midnight to do chores, talk, have sex, etc.
Ypo1A TIL that in the UK, archaic "receiver of wreck" legislation means that if someone finds treasure underwater, they can get cash rewards - or even keep the treasure - after reporting it to the receiver.
D1KLr Til about Mckamey manor a literal house of torture
16lxP TIL about Speed tape. And it's used to perform minor repairs on aircraft and racing cars temporarily.