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TIL: Thomas Harriot invented binary numbers to measure wine

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XDwD TIL Bamboo has a growth rate of 100 cm in 24 hours
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epmxL TIL that Egyptian mummies would have their eyes replaced by shells, linens or painted onions. This has made it especially difficult to study Egyptian mummy eyes since embalmers often made no effort to preserve them.
ZLZY TIL an ex-member of Pink Floyd, in “a real act of mad genius,” pranked the band by writing a seemingly simple song that the band could never learn; each time they rehearsed it, he would arbitrarily change the chords, then sing it back to them to correct them. It was called “Have You Got It Yet?”