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TIL that the idea Daylight Savings Time was first started all because a New Zealand entomologist wanted more daylight just to collect insects after his shift.

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18Lr TIL the U.S. Army illegally performed “psychological operations” to manipulate American senators into providing more troops and war funding – and when an officer tried to stop the operation, he was railroaded by military investigators.
4XGMX TIL Falcons are more closely related to parrots and songbirds than to other birds of prey
b9eJQ TIL during the middle ages there was a legal category called "enbrotherment" that allowed two men to share living quarters, pool their resources, and effectively live as a married couple. The couple shared "one bread, one wine, one purse."
oRAe7 TIL the well-known spinning top with the spherical bottom, from many people's childhoods and from many a cheap plastic toy collection, is called a "Tippe Top".
dD6vZ TIL that Roger Corman, director of low-budget movies, helped kick start the careers of Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, James Cameron, and Ron Howard. He reportedly told Howard: "If you do a good job on this film, you'll never have to work for me again."