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v1Ko8 TIL that Astroturf became the common name for Artificial turf after it gained popularity as an alternative to grass in the newly constructed Astrodome in the 1960s.
kYmW TIL You can take a tour of the white house with google maps!
GMd1 TIL in 1808, Monsieur de Grandpre and Monsieur de Pique dueled for the love of a woman in a hot air balloon fight 900 yards above Paris. The duel ended when Grandpre’s shot punctured Pique’s hot air balloon, causing Pique to plummet to his death.
pYZkN TIL the 1975 Haicheng earthquake is widely considered the most successful example of earthquake prediction, with the city having been evacuated beforehand, resulting in few deaths. However, the prediction was only possible due to a special foreshock sequence, making it useless for future prediction.
pVdN TIL: That the Parrotfish eats dead coral, but since it has no stomach, their meals pass straight through the long intestine, exploding in a cloud of sand out the backdoor. Larger parrotfish are like sand factories, producing as much as 840 pounds of sand per year.