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TIL that the word “idiot” originally referred to an Athenian citizen who didn’t participate in their city-state’s democracy and vote

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G8lj TIL Hummingbirds snore…adorably.
wEY1 TIL in 1922, Americans were consuming 1 million Eskimo Pies a day that resulted in the rise of the cost of cocoa beans by 50% and single handily lifted Ecuador’s economy out of a depression
e0QeJ TIL they tried to approve the sale of the Chicago Stock Exchange on December 2016 to a Chinese Consortium out of Chicago.
DQO1V TIL that Natalie Portman has had papers published in two scientific journals. While at Harvard, she co-authored a study called “Frontal Lobe Activation during Object Permanence: Data from Near-Infrared Spectroscopy.”
EAVp TIL that OK Go wanted to distribute their album in the form of DNA and became the first band whose album was blocked by the FDA.