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TIL TIL The founding fathers feared the development of political parties. Among others, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and George Washington wrote about the dangers of domestic politic factions.

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PRbV TIL at a 1984 Queen gig, Freddie Mercury took a nasty fall and hurt his leg midway through the show. After convening with his bandmates, he decided it wouldn’t be fair to fans to end it. In substantial pain, he performed Bohemian Rhapsody, We Will Rock You & We Are the Champions seated at his piano.
jNLRR TIL that ergonomists could show a relationship between the ergonomic characteristics of the educational furniture and the number of cognitive errors based on Stroop test. They found that an error percentage reduction using separated chair and desk against arm table student chair.
76GM TIL that that guy from Primitive Technology is based in far north Queensland, Australia, he worries about snakes (land of nope) and he stays silent to focus on the action ‘in favor of pure demonstration’.
Rar6 TIL sprint training for 60 minutes a week burns the same amount of body fat in men as jogging for seven hours a week
GkVg TIL that in the American Civil War Generals were 50% more likely to die in battle than Privates