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TIL Learned that things emit radio waves (also known as millimeter wave) above certain temperature.

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6beZ TIL that the first documented appearance of “the finger” in the United States was in 1886, when Charles Radbourn, a baseball pitcher for the Boston Beaneaters, was photographed giving it to a member of their rival the New York Giants.
ZoKa TIL Charlie Sheen once spent over $6,500 for 2,615 seats in left field of Anaheim Stadium, determined to catch a home run with 3 of his friends. No home runs were hit that day.
X7Q8 TIL Benjamin Franklin did heroin
8aPL8 TIL the ginkgo tree, an incredibly popular tree planted in cities worldwide, is the last remaining member of its phyla and would be extinct today if not cultivated by Buddhist monks for centuries
AD6bl TIL a new religion has emerged in Tennessee that believes all US voting days are a religious holiday, legally allowing all members to vote by mail. They have Ministers in Tennessee, Texas, Louisiana, and Georgia.