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TIL Sylvester Graham was a 19th century antebellum American reformer who spoke out in favor of healthy living, including avoiding meats, alcohol, and too much sexual activity. He created a bland cracker, the Graham cracker, to stop the need for sexual intimacy

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eB4b TIL that a vehicle’s “dashboard” originally was a barrier of wood or a leather apron affixed at the front of a horse-drawn carriage or sleigh to protect the driver from mud or other debris “dashed”(tossed) up by the wheels and horses’ hooves.
GYg87 TIL that SETI scientists believed that the chances for finding intelligent extraterrestrial life were far greater than initially expected, since Earth developed two intelligent species - humans, and dolphins.
jZ1Q TIL a scorpion’s anus is at the end of its tail, not on its butt
5x99 TIL that the main reason why Will Smith agreed to do the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was because he was bankrupt and owed the IRS 2.8 million dollars.
jN5XE TIL The world’s first fully-trained paramedics was made up of exclusively young Black men in the 1960s