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TIL that Einstein was an excellent violinist saying that "life without playing music is inconceivable for me".

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pY7oN TIL of Jonathan R. Davis a prospector in the Old West, who killed eleven outlaws in a standoff, all at once.
5N19 TIL Charles Darwin’s cousin Francis Galton invented the dog whistle, meteorology, forensic fingerprinting and mathematical correlation. He also suggested that principles of animal breeding could be applied to humans, coined the word ‘eugenics’, and came up with the 'nature vs nurture’ idea.
Zp7vR TIL of Eddie Gaedel, the shortest baseball player in MLB history. At 3'7", he wore the number "⅛" as part of a publicity stunt, but actually was awarded an at-bat during a double header in 1951. He walked on four pitches.
VaAm TIL that honey bees wouldn’t die after stinging if they were given ample time to spin free from our skin
b6yv0 TIL that during World War II, was the Yellow River Break; When China destroyed their own dams & levees in a tragic attempt to create defensive water blockades. The intentional effort to thwart enemy advances led to the drowning deaths (and loss otherwise) of 400,000-500,000 Chinese civilian lives: