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TIL in 2016 a 155 year old mousetrap caught a mouse after it had sneaked in to a Berkshire museum

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E14wx TIL I learned of Grandma Gatewood who hiked the 2,200 mile Appalachian trail at 55 bringing only Converse shoes, an army blanket and a plastic shower curtain after reading about it in a magazine and telling her children she was going for a walk. She hiked it again at 72 and 75.
nWXer TIL that leaving a Plasma Globe Lamp near a device like a laptop or a phone sends a strong enough radio signal to mess with the functionality of it.
yGPv TIL The word “echo” comes from Greek Mythology - Hera was so annoyed she punished Echo by taking away her voice, except in repetition of another’s shouted words. Thus, all Echo could do was repeat the voice of another.
E17pd TIL that at the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, American and Australian aircraft killed hundreds of Japanese troops on life-rafts fleeing sunken transports to prevent them from returning to combat
aNBN TIL that there exists a planet between Mars and Jupiter known as Ceres. It’s a dwarf planet, like Pluto, and may contain water and an atmosphere.