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TIL Most life on Earth used to be purple instead of green

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9Ye9M TIL heavy multitaskers have a reduced memory according to a Stanford psychologist
v1414 TIL of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, an American businessman who died when the RMS Lusitania sank in 1915, after giving his lifejacket to a young mother and her baby. He knew that he could not swim and that there were no other lifeboats available at the time. His body was never recovered.
epBZ4 TIL, Croissants are an Austrian invention, created after their victory over the Ottoman empire (1683), the crescent shape representing the Turkish flag. It was the Austrian emperor’s daughter Marie-Antoinette who introduced it the France.
X0DRP TIL because of his painkiller addiction, Matthew Perry doesn't remember seasons three to six of 'Friends'
78mxM TIL In 2010, the newly-formed Common Core State Standards for English initiative did not include cursive handwriting instruction. In 2011, 41 states adopted the Common Core standards, thus removing the requirement for cursive instruction in the respective state curriculum