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TIL Lobster used to be dirt cheap in the 18th century and was often fed to the lower class

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Ly1V TIL that the Square-Cube Law explains why today’s large ships cannot be powered by sails, why babies are more susceptible to cold, and why the “helicarriers” in super hero movies like The Avengers are physically impossible.
loGvA TIL Thomas Edison was considered to be troubled at learning by administrators. When his mother got thus report she pulled him out of school and decided to home school him. She believed he just saw things differently than others and needed more attention.
6EZQW TIL that the original 82nd Airborne Division of WWI was nicknamed the "All-American" Division because at least one of all its soldiers were from one of the then recognized 48 states of the country
oRepW TIL: Bonobos (also historically called the pygmy chimpanzee) are the only non-human animal to have been observed engaging in tongue kissing
XGD8 TIL Interracial Marriage was not fully legalized in the USA until a 1967 Supreme Court Case