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TIL Nike paid $35 to then student designer Carolyn Davidson for their iconic “Swoosh” logo

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9pOD TIL Sean Connery lost his virginity when he was 14 years old to an adult woman.
Oobk4 TIL dinosaur farts and burps were a key factor in the earth overheating 150 million years ago. Sauropods would release 520 million metric tonnes of gas yearly.
5VnAp TIL the term "Spinster" for an older unmarried woman came from the late Middle Ages, married tradeswomen had an easier time obtaining higher-status, higher-income work than their unmarried peers. Unmarried women ended up with lower-status, lower-income jobs like combing, carding, and spinning wool.
xr9k TIL Elephant populations aren’t the only ones being threatened by unsustainable poaching. Elephant poachers are also targeting vultures. it is becoming increasingly common for poachers to poison the carcass of elephants they hunt, so that the circling birds don’t give away the location of the kill.
5YOOn TIL Nikola Tesla was an advocate of sterilizing criminals and people with mental problems, and he believed that by 2100 people that aren't "desireable parents" shouldn't be able to breed