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TIL I learned that a Brass Rat is a special ring given to MIT graduates. It is redesigned each year by a committee of MIT students.

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epOe6 Today I learned “babe I’m gonna leave you”, one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite bands, Led Zeppelin, was actually a folk song written by Anne Bredon in 1959. Her version sounded quite a bit different but still.
gMee9 TIL a gymnast survived jumping from a building on the fourth story because he did a summersault and landed on his feet.
Oo0B4 TIL Chris Hansen of "To Catch A Predator" was caught cheating on his wife with hidden cameras.
v16gB TIL about Daniel Freeman, a Civil War veteran and the first person to claim land under the Homestead Act. Later in life, he brought up and won a landmark separation of church and state case against a teacher who was evangelizing to her students with permission from the school board.
pna8 TIL there is a sea-slug that eats the venomous Portuguese Man o’ War, can store the creature’s poison for its own use and swims upside down