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TIL you can experimentally measure the speed of Light using marshmallows and a microwave.

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rN51w TIL Queen Victoria’s grandson Waldemar had hemophilia. The German royal was treated well by the Nazis and received multiple blood transfusions. In 1945 when Germany fell, all medical resources were diverted to holocaust survivors. The Americans refused Waldemar a transfusion and he died at age 56.
rN7J4 TIL that Erik Weihenmayer was the first person to climb mount Everest blind
a8nob TIL that during an equinox, the daytime and nighttime aren't equal. There's another term for that: equilux.
kOpk1 TIL that the full version of the song 'Yankee Doodle' is incredibly long, containing 16 verses and also repeating the chorus 16 times.
a86gA TIL that the first national spelling championship was held in 1908, 17 years before the first Scripps National Spelling Bee, and was won by a 14-year-old black girl named Marie C. Bolden, who won with a perfect score.