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TIL that cursive handwriting has already been removed from the curricula of 41 states.

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w698 TIL Of the top 20 most productive power stations in the world, there are only 3 fossil fuel plants and most (including the top 5) are hydro.
R7Xwj TIL that between 800 and 1349, the Colosseum was used as an apartment block.
69Q6J TIL that British General Bernard Montgomery was asked for his advice on The US War in Vietnam. He said that the US had no coherent strategy and no central oversight. He then asked Moshe Dayan to tell the American military authorities, that he thought they were crazy.
nOlr TIL Chadwick (the discoverer of the neutron) was a student of Rutherford (discoverer of the proton) who was the student of Thomson (the discoverer of the electron).
X001R TIL The British army would sentence to death thousands and execute hundreds of their own soldiers for cowardice and lack of character for experiencing shell shock during heavy bombardment in WWI.