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6Ej9J Today I learned a man died in one of those big hamster ball things when it veered off course and he fell into a gorge.
KLQ4 TIL Sir Francis Bacon, known for his phrase that “knowledge is power”, wrote the first book on the growing of terrestrial plants in a soilless environment. That practice would later become known as Hydroponics.
e0D9E TIL of the Knights of Malta, a sovereign entity (part of the U.N. General Assembly) with 13,500 knights, 40,000 doctors and a further 80,000 volunteers. They have only 2 official citizens, but they still issue passports, coins and postage stamps despite having no physical land or territory
4nP5 TIL Deion Sanders is the only man to play in a Super Bowl and World Series. And the first play in two professional league games in the same day. And score a touchdown and hit a home run in the same week.
WkPbL TIL that before he became a Stooge, Larry Fine was a professional boxer and an accomplished violinist.