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TIL that systematic rainfall measurement began in India around 400 BC when Kautilya’s Arthashastra described using rain gauges in the form of simple bowls to record seasonal rainfall, which was then used to guide farming and determine taxation.

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YpbJZ TIL about “Anti-Japan Tribalism”—a book by professor Lee Young-Hoon— that argues the official history of the ROK is based on false narratives and that a number of South Korean scholars, journalists, activists, and politicians have been active in creating and spreading anti-Japanese sentiments & lies
x6Ol7 TIL prairie dogs have their own language to communicate incredibly specific information like what color shirt a guys wearing or how fast an animal is approaching. They even have a cute jump-yip that looks like they’re throwing their hands in the air, celebrating when they’re safe from danger
VMwB4 TIL that after tourists to a Cotswold village of England complained about a parked yellow car "ruining their picture perfect photos", and even vandalising said car, hundreds of drivers across the country took their own yellow cars down to the village in defiance
0dY5j TIL that Sarah T. Hughes, the only female judge to swear in a President (Lyndon Johnson), worked as an unarmed police officer as she attended law school at George Washington University Law School. While there, she lived in a tent home on the Potomac river and used a canoe to commute to school
6Vxw TIL that there is video footage of the iconic image of Kim Phuc getting napalmed