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TIL the opposite of deja vu is ‘jamais vu’. This happens when you experience something you recognise but feel extremely unfamiliar with. It can also happen when seeing a person you know or reading a word you’ve seen many times before

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Yp4GA TIL many medieval manuscript illustrations show armored knights fighting snails, and we don't know the meaning behind that.
KO0mw TIL Cassius Marcellus Clay was a farmer, politician and abolitionist from Kentucky. After being shot in an assassination attempt, Clay killed his would-be assassin with a Bowie knife. Clay would later successfully fight off six attackers at once following a speech for the abolition of slavery.
1aY44 TIL Most libraries & large book collections have industrial freezers. Freezing inhibits mold growth, gives time to save others & makes for easier cleaning.
oWYr TIL Frank Shuman was an American inventor, engineer & solar energy pioneer noted for his work on solar engines. He built the world’s first solar thermal power station in Maadi, Egypt in 1912. His plant managed to pump 6,000 gallons of water per minute from the Nile River into adjacent cotton fields.
8DQa TIL that the world record for the most consecutive push ups (i.e. nonstop) by a man was 10,507 reps in 1980 and 302 reps by a woman in 2014