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TIL: In 2005, the BBC asked readers to vote for individual band members to create an “ideal supergroup.” They voted for Led Zeppelin

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XEkWk TIL Walt Disney bought his parents a house and asked his studio to fix the furnace there. His guys botched the job, causing the furnace to leak, resulting in his mother’s death.
6EM1Y TIL During World War 1, on Christmas Eve/Day, soldiers ceased fire and mingled together, singing carols, exchanging gifts, and even playing soccer/football. It is often seen as a symbolic moment of peace and humanity amidst one of the most violent events of human history.
Rd76 TIL that Army officer Hugh Thompson prevented the deaths of hundreds of Vietnamese civilians including women and children, by a group of American soldiers. Thompson, an Army helicopter pilot, landed between the soldiers and the villagers and threatened to open fire if they continued their attacks.
vPa58 TIL that the revolutionary idea by Julius Petri, creator of the Petri dish, was actually to cover the agar plate with a slightly bigger clear lid in order to see growth without contaminating the specimens.
XEA9k TIL that most pencils are yellow because in the 1880s one manufacturer chose that color to indicate they were luxury pencils