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TIL Rutherford B. Hayes was the first US President to oppose the Spoils System of giving federal jobs to political supporters, wanting instead to pick them by merit according to an examination.

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X0G8E Today I learned example.com is a reserved domain owned by IANA , created in 1999 (RFC 2606). The domain was set aside to provide an example name that doesn’t conflict with real domains. It can’t be sold or transferred and is a globally recognized placeholder for tutorials.
GYKmQ TIL, the Black Death disproportionately killed frail people. Moreover, people who lived through it lived much longer than their ancestors (many reaching ages of 70-80), not because of good health but because of their hardiness to endure diseases. This hardiness was passed on to future generations.
lOOK TIL that Snapple once tried to break a world record for largest Popsicle, but instead it melted and covered Times Square in pink goo
Egp0o TIL when red colobus leave their natal troop, they sometimes join green monkey troops that live near other colobus to spy on potential troops to join. One adolescent male colobus spent two years in a green monkey troop to spy in safety on a prospective troop in this manner.
kOJd4 In a roundabout way, yes. But first we must heat that atmosphere, since the surface of Mars is about –58°F. “We know how to warm planets; we’re doing it right now,” says Robert Zubrin, the president of the nonprofit Mars Society, a group devoted to Martian exploration.