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nWaVB TIL that REO Speedwagon was a real automobile brand (1915)
VBm7k TIL Pierre-Simon Laplace's nebular hypothesis from 1796 is still, with some modification, the prevailing hypothesis for the origin of stars and planetary systems. Laplace proposed that nebulae are future solar systems, waiting to happen
ky4g TIL all figs are pollinated by wasps as they are basically inverted flowers and can’t be pollinated otherwise. If it’s a female plant the wasp can’t escape and the fig plant slowly digests the wasp’s body with enzymes. So all edible figs have a digested wasp in them.
RYZ9 TIL the phrase ‘It’s raining cats and dogs’ originated from the tendency of dead animals to be washed away following periods of heavy rain in the filthy streets of 17th century England.
Oo1me TIL the U.S. Presidency has a 18.6% death rate with 3 leading causes: illness, natural causes, and assassination.