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TIL Butterflies were around on Earth 70 million years before flowers

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YBlr TIL The Act of Habeas Corpus 1679 was only just passed . When the votes were counted, there were not enough Lords in favour, so it was decided that one of the Lords, because he happened to be fat, was worth ten votes. It started as a joke, but remains on the statute books to this day.
po0Q TIL that Blu-Ray discs hold more data because the laser is actually blue, which has as shorter wavelength than red and can read more accurately, allowing for more storage
kJ4eW TIL when the automatic telephone exchange was invented in the 1890s, it was advertised as providing a "girl-less, cuss-less, out-of-order-less, wait-less telephone" experience to contrast it with manual telephone exchanges operated by women
9w8G TIL The crew of the Challenger likely survived the explosion and died upon impact with the ocean.
X08P TIL there’s a resort in Finland where you sleep in a glass igloo to watch the northern lights!