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TIL about Chesterton’s Fence- the rule of thumb that says one shouldn’t alter, destroy, or remove something established and present- whether a physical object or structure, or something more abstract like laws, rules, and traditions- without first understanding why it’s there in the first place.

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D1alD TIL in 1907 a 9,317 mile automobile race from Peking to Paris was held after a French newspaper asked if anyone could prove their claim that if a man has a car, he can go anywhere. The race was held despite the race committee cancelling the race and the winner won a bottle of champagne.
GPO5 TIL The concrete used to make the Hoover Dam is still curing to this day
vkY7 TIL that James Cameron corrected the stars that appeared in the night sky in the 2012 3D version of Titanic after Neil deGrasse Tyson sent him a snarky email saying at that time of year, in that position in the Atlantic in 1912 Rose would not have seen those stars.
jJ9v TIL that wild horses in NC are the descendants of shipwreck survivors
8lJG TIL That Beginner’s Luck actually has some basis behind it.