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TIL: Scientists agree - Coffee naps are better than coffee or naps alone

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17kO TIL up until 1910, the Brazilian Navy routinely lashed black crewmen aboard their ships. After a crewman received 250 lashes, crews aboard 4 warships mutinied and threatened to shell Rio de Janeiro. Although Brazil did not honor promised amnesty for the mutineers, the lash was never used again.
PogO TIL that in 1934, Gerald Ford threatened to not play for the Michigan football team because the school would not let his teammate Willis Ward, who was black, play against Georgia Tech, which refused to share the field with a black player. Ward talked Ford out of it and Michigan won.
7r9Rr TIL Russia first tried to sell Alaska to the tiny state of Liechtenstein, who declined the offer, before selling it to America.
b9QX0 TIL In 1969, Carl Sagan authored an essay detailing his personal experience with cannabis under the pseudonym "Mr. X". The identity of Mr. X wasn't revealed until after Sagan's death in 1996.
awxrb TIL that tampons expire (~5 years) and can cause severe side effects when used.