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TIL Ancient solar storms can be detected in tree rings

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n7YW TIL American psychologist Harry Harlow put rhesus monkeys into a “Pit of Despair” for up to a year to study depression.
69Ay8 TIL: TIL that marshmallows were originally made from a plant called marshmallow (mallows that grew in marshes). The root of the marshmallow plant is high in mucilage, which is a type of gel that gives marshmallows their chewy texture. Today, marshmallows are no longer made from the plant.
GY6n4 TIL in 2003, Beyoncé came under fire from the Grant Monument Association for dancing in a "patently inappropriate" way on the steps of the tomb of President Ulysses S. Grant. President Grant's great-grandson defended her saying, "If the old guy were alive, he might have enjoyed it."
ZmJR TIL the original bikini swimsuit was named after the then-recent Bikini Atoll nuclear test because the inventor expected the swimsuit to be “equally explosive”
5App TIL The TSA Spent $900 Million on Behavior Detection Officers Who Detected 0 Terrorists