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TIL The Statue of Liberty was Originally Designed as an Egyptian Woman

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eMlk TIL that it’s technically twice as dangerous to be a taxi driver, than to be a cop. Even in terms of homicide.
JxdB TIL about the blue-ringed octopus, which despite being only 5-8 inches in size, carries enough venom to kill 26 humans within minutes. The bites are tiny and painless, with some victims not aware they were bit until paralysis sets in.
a8QKM TIL that in 1572, Tycho Brahe spotted a "new star" that briefly outshone Venus and was seen in daylight. This supernova was exploding around 9,000 light-years away, 300 million times brighter than the Sun, and visible naked-eye for 16 months. It shattered medieval ideas that the stars never change.
00yv TIL Ray Bradbury attributed his habit of daily writing to an encounter as a child with a carnival entertainer, Mr. Electrico, who touched Bradbury on the nose with an electrified sword, made his hair stand on end, and shouted, “Live forever!” Bradbury wrote every single day of his life thereafter.
NXEMP TIL production of the TR-808 drum machine, an early hip-hop staple, came to an end when improvements in semi conductors eliminated the source of defective transistors that was the secret to the sizzling sound it was known for.