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TIL that the Richter Scale doesn’t stop at 10.0 and that asteroid that killed the dinosaurs was equivalent in energy release to a 13.0 earthquake

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yQe8p TIL Kangaroo tendons act like springs so little muscular effort is used in hopping
AD8Pa TIL during the US prohibition era, medicinal liquor was fraudulently exploited in many scams, one doctor cited for writing 475 prescriptions for whiskey in one day. Charles R. Walgreen, the founder of Walgreen's pharmacies expanded from 20 stores to a staggering 525 during the 1920s.
WkEmB Today I learned of Hurdy-Gurdy, a medieval stringed instrument that produces sound by a hand crank-turned, rosined wheel rubbing against the strings.
nWXdP TIL of Alex Steinweiss who invented music album cover art
9Y7O7 TIL of Dessau-Wörlitz Garden an 17th century garden that contains a Synagogue that survived the Nazis, A grotto, Gothic House, replicas of Roman temples and a working replica volcano.