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OoNd7 TIL In 2017 A Study On The Adverse Effects of Prolonged Sitting Behavior Found The Workers of 8 Hour Shifts Spent On Average 6.29 Hours Sitting
a86XL TIL: One of the first attempts to develop a guidance system for bombs involved training a pigeon to peck at the image of a target on a screen inside the bomb.
p8N6N TIL about Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy de Darcy, an English nobleman executed by King Henry VIII, whose wonderfully repetitive title is eclipsed only by the name of his first wife, Dousabella Tempest. (Incidentally, Henry VIII also had courtiers called Richard Rich and William Fitzwilliam.)
GYAV1 Proving that it still has power, over the past few years, Mount St. Helens has had "a baby volcano growing in its crater," says Stephanie Grocke, a volcanologist at the Smithsonian Institution and a National Geographic explorer.
gMboD TIL Maharana Pratap was one of the strongest warriors in India, with a height of 7 feet 5 inches. He used to carry 800lb of weight, which included a spear weighing 175lb, two swords weighing 55lb each and his armour was around 160lb heavy. His own weight was more than 245lb.