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TIL that popular animal renamings such as “danger noodle” and “trash panda” are actual formal literary devices known as “kennings” (which have existed since the days of the Norse Eddas)

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15PV TIL: John Adams defended the Redcoats Involved in the Boston Massacre despite the inclinations of the mob: famously saying, “Prisoners must be judged solely based upon the evidence produced against them in court and nothing else”
8eE4V TIL the coldest time of the day is a little after sunrise
D14PY TIL that Milton Hershey kept his employees working during the Great Depression by having them construct buildings in Hershey, PA including a school, arena and hotel. When a steam shovel was brought in for construction, Hershey told his foreman to get rid of the shovel and hire 40 men instead.
D1Arg TIL Mazda had to recall 52k cars due to a species of spider loving the smell of gasoline so much it chose to build its web in the cars emission systems.
0gxj TIL: In the ‘30s the Smithsonian recorded Confederate Civil War veterans reenacting the the rebel yell battle cry. This is the only recording of actual veterans doing the yell.