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TIL that the Ute Indians discovered mechanoluminescence hundreds of years before modern scientists. Quartz crystals were put in sacks of thin buffalo skin. When shaken, they would produce sparks of light that they used in their religious ceremonies.

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b8wj TIL that King Vladimir I of Kiev converted the Rus to Christianity instead of Islam because of the prohibition on alcohol, saying “Drinking is the joy of all Rus.”“
WXQY TIL that Sandra Bullock was the first person to win a Golden Raspberry Award (given for worst film) and an Oscar in the same weekend. She collected both.
v44j TIL an engineer in the 1930’s apparently created a “rainmaking machine”, made it rain in several places and then disappeared without a trace
7GlL TIL in 2011 two men not only climbed Everest but paraglided from its peak, then hiked and kayaked through some of the world’s most unforgiving territory to reach India’s Bay of Bengal in a trial that has been dubbed “The Ultimate Descent.”
Bbvk TIL of Colby Curtin, an eleven year old girl who’s dying wish was to see the movie ‘UP.’ A Pixar employee was sent to the girls house and screened the movie for her and her family. She died seven hours later shortly after watching the film.