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TIL about Margaret Moth, born in New Zealand in 1951, transformed herself into the woman she wanted to be. She cast off the blond cherubic sweetness of her childhood, adopted an all-black look …

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DK8D TIL three 16-year-old girls were able to cut germination time in half and increase dry-mass crop yields 74% by introducing nitrogen-fixing bacteria to non-leguminous crops like oats and barley. The experiment won them the 2014 Google Science Fair.
9P8X TIL the Jay Treaty of 1794 between the U.S. and England so angered the French that they did not invite the U.S. to the Convention du Mètre, which is cited as a major reason why the US is not on the metric system.
JZR1 TIL Linux 4.0’s codename is “Hurr durr I'ma sheep”
9Yw77 TIL of Чадоград, a "city" where everything is run by kids. Each visiting kid is given training by "doctors", can learn how to operate a plane, learn journalism, and even driving lessons. Also exists a "bank" among other buildings to prepare kids for the real world.
awjNL TIL Two of The Most Ripped Boxers in Tyson and Jones Did Not Lift Weights