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TIL traditional sushi chefs grate (real) wasabi on shark skin

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5r4P TIL William Marston the man that created Wonder Woman, also invented the polygraph, hence WonderWoman’s lasso of truth.
npVd TIL the Grim Reaper was most commonly depicted carrying a scythe as imagery to death was an extension of an agrarian society in which harvesting, done in the fall, represented the death of another year.
OGGN6 TIL about Lochner Vs. NY in which the Supreme Court ruled that a New York law setting maximum working hours for bakers was unconstitutional.
d8Ng9 TIL about ‘The Sarco’ a suicide machine that provides a painless death "Within a minute the user loses consciousness, death comes a short time later."
9YWOp Til Dr. Archibald spent several years acting as the mate of a female whooping crane sleeping, dancing, and building nests with her as part of an effort to save the species from extinction. He received award for his work.