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TIL about the Comanche horse culture. They called them “God Dogs”. They became currency, transportation, means of warfare, food and more. They were so revered that when having intercouse with their wives, warriors would whinny like stallions.

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aweKL TIL Despite the Supreme Court declaring such laws unconstitutional in 1967, Alabama did not remove a clause in its state constitution prohibiting interracial marriage until 2000
l7WOA TIL that Dmitri Mendeleev, who is credited with creating the Periodic Table of Elements was nominated for a Nobel Prize in Chemistry 9 times but never won. His awarding was blocked each time by the 1903 winner, Svante Arrhenius, who held a grudge against Mendeleev for criticizing one of his papers.
GAe65 TIL that Christopher Lee holds the record for most on-screen character deaths at 61, out of 200 appearances. Sean Bean has only died on-screen 25 times
6ERZJ TIL the earliest of several attempts to ban coffee took place in Mecca 1511 CE. Its effects on the mind were decided to be as intoxicating as alcoholic drinks, and therefore was banned on religious grounds. It was overturned later as coffee has been shown to sharpen instead of dull the senses.
LQ6rr TIL about FADs (fish aggregating devices), which are man-made floats or buoys tethered to the ocean floor. Fish are fascinated with and aggregate in considerable numbers around floating objects which provide a “visual stimulus in an optical void.” 1/3 of global tuna are caught using FADs.