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TIL that the “Ivy League” is officially an athletic conference, and that the academic/social prestige associated with these schools is, technically, secondary

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X0XDk TIL Low-background steel is steel produced prior to the detonation of the nuclear bombs. Typically sourced from old shipwrecks, it is often used for modern particle detectors because more modern steel is contaminated with traces of nuclear fallout
1aD9P TIL Initially selling for around $850 when introduced in 1908 (around $20,000 in today’s dollars), the Model T would later sell for as little as $260 (around $6,000 today) for the basic no-extras model
D1MPg TIL that infrasound, a sound wave with frequencies below 20 Hz making it unable to be heard by people, can cause recipients to feel fear, anxiety, sorrow, depression, and nausea; it has also caused recipients to see hallucinations which causes them to think of it as a paranormal/supernatural event.
xVwRb Today I learned about the State of Muskogee. A short lived sovereign state in Florida designed to protect the Native Americans of the Seminole and Muscogee tribes. The leader, William Augustus Bowles, envisioned it to grow to also protect the Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw tribes as well.
96BB TIL at age 14 Oprah Winfrey gave birth to a boy who died shortly after