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TIL The creator of Magic: The Gathering, Richard Garfield, is the great-great grandson of American president James Garfield

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mxgly TIL that the terms "lowercase letters" and "uppercase letters" are known as such because older letter printing presses stored the two types of letters on separate cases. The shift key is also called the shift key due to it being used to shift the two cases.
KV1Q TIL that Charles Hatfield, a self-proclaimed “moisture accelerator”, accepted a job from the city of San Diego in 1915 to end a long drought for $10,000 but was forced to deny payment when people died due to severe floods shortly after he completed the job.
Gl14 TIL: There is no causal link between sugar and hyperactivity in children. One study found that the perception by parents regarding their children’s hyperactivity depended on their belief as to whether they had been given sugar.
PYRbe TIL that, to prevent the spread of methane, the Darva gas crater was intentionally set ablaze for three weeks. In 1971. It's been burning for 50 years.
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