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D154D TIL Nikola Tesla planned to make school children smarter and healthier by saturating them unconsciously with electricity, wiring the walls of a schoolroom with high-voltage lines. The plan was provisionally approved by then superintendent of New York City schools, William H. Maxwell.
v19oK TIL the guy who ran an anti AIDS magazine died from AIDS
oRlPE TIL about "sexy primes", which are prime numbers that are six numbers apart. For example, 11 and 5 are sexy primes, because 11 - 6 = 5, and both are prime numbers.
NvZ6 TIL of “Gary Lane Day.” A day the Mayor of Burlington, Vermont dedicated to a man who among other things was “pulled over for head-banging so hard the police thought he was having a seizure.”
m06P TIL that a dark mane on male lions is a sign of robustness and virility. Meaning Scar was way more attractive than Mufasa to the lady lions.