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TIL scientist are making glass shells to see how Hermit crabs fit

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jNENN TIL Ancient romans recycled their pee. They peed in pots and emptied them in a barrel which they left on the street when filled. A public service would pick it up to turn the pee into ammonia which they used as bleach, mouthwash and more
4k6ZX TIL in the United States two states share the coolest record high temperature for their respective state of 100F. Alaska and Hawaii are the two states.
W76jd TIL Schrödinger didn't come up with the idea of the cat in a box to promote the idea of dead-and-live cats as a serious possibility, but as an illustration of the absurdity of the existing view of quantum mechanics
a8GLo TIL John Wilkes Booth thought it was God's will that he assassinate Abraham Lincoln. He also believed slavery was God's greatest blessing to the nation, since he believed he viewed slavery the same way as the original framers of the constitution.
Yp0pd TIL the oldest known depiction of Jesus is graffiti of a man venerating a crucified man with the head of a donkey, accompanied by the caption “Alexamenos worships his god”