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TIL that the CEO of Discord is Jewish

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ymWV TIL The reason pirates wore eye-patches was so that one eye was always used to the dark, making it easier to see quickly when going below deck.
nWKg7 TIL that ancient Roman concrete’s resilience comes from lime clasts, which helped it self-repair cracks and maintain strength over centuries
GYgP4 TIL that when teens are taught that people have the potential to change their socially relevant traits over time, they tend to cope better with social stress, and end up earning better grades in school.
6EGr7 TIL when the band plays “Jump Around” at University of Wisconsin football games the fans jumping registers on the Geology Department’s seismograph 2 miles away.
7xjO TIL that in 1977, Aerosmith’s flight crew inspected a Convair CV-240 for possible use and rejected it because they felt the plane and crew were not up to their standards. That plane crashed on October 20, 1977 from fuel exhaustion due to poor maintenance, killing three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd.