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TIL that the radioactive decay of Cobalt-60 can be used to define left and right

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mxEDE TIL The last time China held contested elections was in 1913. It ended when Song Jiaoren, a young successful politician who pushed for democracy, was shot that year. Song crafted an election platform that appealed to the bulk of the 10% of the population entitled to vote, or 40 million men
r6yM TIL that in 1902 Traian Vuia, a Romanian Engineer, designed his first flying machine, then presented his plan to the Académie des Sciences in Paris in 1903, but was rejected with the comment: “The problem of flight with a machine which weighs more than air can not be solved and it is only a dream.”
Aelx TIL in 1975 Icelandic women “essentially shut down the country for a day” via a Women’s Strike that led to Iceland’s parliament passing a law guaranteeing equal rights for women and men: a large political step towards true equality.
EgY5o TIL the black hole at the center of the Perseus Galaxy Cluster emits data that NASA “sonified” so we can hear it.
xV0bo TIL in most American universities, the only truly profitable sport is American football while men's basketball is somewhat profitable in some schools. All other sports generally lose money.