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TIL Short Man Syndrome is real

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a8E7J TIL that during WWII, Ford's mile-long assembly line at ‘Willow Run Plant” produced B-24’s at a peak rate of nearly one every hour (~63min). A symbol of American industrial might, exemplifying how industry (and some 6 Million women) pivoted to support the war effort, vital to Allied victory:
epRO5 TIL about Gemistos Plethon, a 14th/15th century Greek scholar who rejected Christianity and favoured a return of Hellenic paganism in the Byzantine Empire.
xVeV1 TIL Medical errors kill more Americans every year than guns, cars and alcohol combined.
n8DG TIL when the bees in a region of China disappeared, people pollinated apple trees by hand using brushes made of chopsticks and chicken feathers. When humans pollinated, apple production increased 30-40%.
lZNr TIL: Due to the detonation of atomic bombs, everything on Earth was marked by a unique carbon signature. It can measure the date of anything from wine to human tissue.