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TIL that weed and hops are from the same plant family
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TIL that between 1969 and 1970, the US dumped 112 tonnes of VX nerve agent into the Atlantic Ocean
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TIL of the legend that Athens’ first female physician dressed as a man to help women during childbirth. Male physicians accused her of seducing the women, leading to her appearing in court, where she revealed herself as a female and Athenian law was changed to allow female physicians.
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Today I learned it’s a federal crime in the United States to clog up the toilet in a national forest.
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TIL The the power symbol found on every power switch is actually a 1 and 0. The English words On and Off were replaced by the universal numeral symbols 1 and 0 to bypass any possible language barriers as technology became more ubiquitous.