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TIL of Thales (620-546BC), who is considered to be the first philosopher because the lineage cannot be traced beyond him. His magnus opus: “All is water”

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5VVJ8 TIL “Electric Eye” by heavy metal band Judas Priest was in the temp score for “Toy Story 3”. Before it was cut, the song blared from the Aliens’ car in the opening scene. The song’s lyrics describe a satellite watching a surveillance state, foreshadowing (intentionally or not) the movie’s plot.
5YnBp TIL that many WW1 soldiers on the Western front spontaneously declared truces for Christmas 1914. On both sides, they left their trenches to bury their dead, hold church services, and trade cigars and other small goods in no man’s land.
MxWA TIL that two Japanese Army officers during WWII had a contest to see who could kill 100 people with their sword, but later had to increase it to 150 because they lost count the first time
NX57E TIL Co-Op city, a housing area collectively owned by its tenants, objected to the construction of a tall, bright LED sign facing the city. This was strongly opposed by the residents. Two years later, a windmill was erected near the sign, a month later it collapsed, and took the sign down with it.
X0p96 TIL that in 1069 Norman forces perpetrated a genocide in northern England called ‘the Harrying of the North’