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TIL ancient Romans did not know how to read silently, and had special rooms so one could read without disturbing others

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rR48x TIL that the Turkey bird is named after the country with the same name in English, while in Portuguese it is called ‘Peru’, in Arabic it is Deek Rumi ('Roman Rooster’), in Polish it is 'Indyk’ (after India), and in Turkish itself it is 'Hindi’.
Eg8gp TIL Human blood has a protein content around 6-8g/100ml, about the same as an average ready-to-drink protein shake
5YaLn TIL that the first computer game was Nim, released in April 1940 on a computer called the Nimatron, which weighed over a ton. The designer was a nuclear physicist and quantum mechanics pioneer who later participated in the Manhattan Project. 100,000 games were played, with the computer winning ~90%
m1YNM TIL that in "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" based on inflation in 1862, the $200,000 prize that all the major characters were looking for is equivalent to nearly 5 million dollars today.
GmBG TIL after Michael Jordan scored a game-high 69 points, teammate Stacey King quipped “I’ll always remember this as the night that Michael Jordan and I combined to score 70 points”