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TIL Plato believes that people acquire knowledge of geometry before we were born, as we do not acquire the basic truths of math and science through observation so therefore our souls must have lived in a perfect universe before birth

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bLRa TIL pound cake refers to a cake with a pound of each of four ingredients: flour, butter, eggs, and sugar.
awmXo TIL The Arctic Circle is defined by the area having the center of the sun remain continuously above or below the horizon for at least twenty-four hours straight at least once a year.
D6Qj TIL that breeding Hummingbirds cluster around Hawks’ nests, and that Hummingbirds who breed closer to Hawks have a higher success rate than those who don’t because the Hawks protect the Hummingbird from animals which prey on the Hummers’ eggs.
JYa4j TIL that it is illegal to wear armour into the UK Parliament. The law was passed in 1313 and still applies today.
D0Zr TIL in 1962, the Department of Defense proposed staging a series of terrorist attacks in US cities in order to drum up public support for war with Cuba. It was rejected by President Kennedy.