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TIL Andrew Jackson being on the US $20 is ironic, because he warned the public against using paper money

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PYWaw TIL that the loudest word shouted is 'quiet' by a teacher trying to make her pupils stop talking. It reached 121 dB which is barley louder than thunder clapping.
oBDOK TIL that on multiple occassions, scientists have in fact compared apples and oranges, and according to one study performed at the NASA Ames Research Center in 1995 they have been found to be "remarkably similar".
Z0Ba TIL there is a bone fragment displayed on a museum of Chinon that was once reputed to belong to Joan of Arc. An 2008 study showed that the bone actually came from an Egyptian mummy
W7dJ9 TIL the first neural network AI computer was built in the 40s by scientists born in the 19th century
BrLxk Today I learned that being late in Brazil is so part of the culture, if they want to start on time they say “com pontualidade britânica” which means “with British punctuality.”