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TIL Tuberculosis Shaped Victorian Fashion

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0OyL TIL an Australian news anchor wore the same suit every day for a year to illustrate the fashion double standard for men and women. No one noticed.
Dkyp TIL Gray’s paradox (how can dolphins achieve their swim speed with their muscle mass) was solved by showing that their tails can change stiffness to keep high efficiency at different speeds.
P1mbO TIL that the remains at the archaeological site of the oldest known wooden-built structure (think log cabin style) are thought to be from 476,000 years ago. Kalambo Structure, Kalambo Falls, Lake Tanganyika, southeast Africa.
WZE9 TIL While making an appearance at Harvard, a group of pranksters “stole” Burt Ward’s genuine Robin costume. The pranksters were led by none other than Conan O'Brien
DQalj TIL that the eight Ivy League colleges (Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, and Yale) are not actually a sports league, but rather an athletic conference.