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Today I learned that in ancient Egypt there were structures now called Nileometers used to monitor flood potential of the Nile. They did this to predict harvest quality, flood danger, and to keep an eye on water clarity.

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WQoY TIL the rarest motorcycle in the world was found behind a brickwall in Chicago and has engine technologies well ahead of its time. The “Traub” is still running to this day.
yVQM8 TIL in 2021 classified details of the British Army’s Challenger 2 tank were leaked online. A War Thunder player leaked details after a disagreement over the tank's in-game design. However the classified documents weren't considered "valid source material" & no changes were made to the in-game design
ANX5n TIL the father and stepmother of Dee Dee Blanchard, the murdered mother of Gypsy Rose Blanchard would not pay for her funeral and flushed her ashes down the toilet
Bmmy TIL: Research from Moscow State University & the University of Iowa discovered that crows exhibit strong behavioral signs of analogical reasoning—the ability to solve puzzles like “bird is to air as fish is to what?” Analogical reasoning only develops in humans between the ages of three & four.
15Xd TIL that a Colombian football player who scored an ‘own goal’ in a 1994 World Cup match against the US was subsequently murdered as the scapegoat for the team’s upset loss – one of the gunmen shouted “goal!” every time he fired a shot