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TIL During Islam’s Golden Age, scientists were paid the equivalent of what pro athletes are paid today.

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6Edl TIL the White House has a Flickr account and they post behind the scenes photos all the time
nnWG TIL An African slave named Onesimus taught colonists in Boston how to inoculate themselves against smallpox; the treatment had been common in China and Africa for centuries!
E6lX TIL Human fingers can feel objects as small as 13 nanometers. “This means that, if your finger was the size of the Earth, you could feel the difference between houses from cars.”
e1d4 TIL that Clint Eastwood composed the scores to a number of his films, and was nominated for a Grammy in 2006 for Best Score Soundtrack Album for Million Dollar Baby.
Webo TIL: There are 1.34 billion farmers worldwide, and 74% of them practice traditional handpicking on small farms, but supply less than 5% of our global food supply.