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TIL that IBM made a movie, quite literally, out of atoms.

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LQYdp TIL of the swing riots in 1830 England. Farmers unemployed by new machinery rioted across much of England, which prompted calls for reform. The PM, the Duke of Wellington, suggested the existing constitution was perfect and couldn't imagine reform causing a mob to attack his house and his fall as PM
5YDBP TIL red and yellow bellpeppers are just green peppers that have been allowed to ripen.
pY9oO TIL The coat of arms of the (at the time) Swedish islands of Åland and Öland accidentally got swapped when granted during the 1560s. A mistake not noticed until 1944
p86V8 TIL that the German Shepherd was officially known as the Alsatian in the UK from after the First World War until 1977 when its name was changed back to German Shepherd
6E7wZ TIL Doctors based in Spain were surprised to find an infant had developed scurvy after consuming a diet almost entirely of plant-based formula. Medical tests revealed widespread bone degeneration, multiple fractures, low calcium and other problems. Scurvy is caused by a deficiency in vitamin C.