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TIL Charles Darwin’s cousin invented the dog whistle, meteorology, forensic fingerprinting, mathematical correlation, the concept of “eugenics” and “nature vs nurture”, and the concept of inherited intelligence, with an estimated IQ of 200.

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KO5nJ TIL about Eli Cohen, an Israeli spy who infiltrated the Syrian government and became Chief Advisor to the Syrian Minister of Defense.
LkRZ TIL that Helen Keller was a radical socialist and the FBI monitored her because of it
VM918 TIL that the high land ownership inequality in the UK is still a consequence of the Norman invasion almost 1,000 years ago, when William the Conqueror made all the land in the country his and then distributed it to his allies
yQNga TIL that the first shipping container was invented and patented in 1956 by the owner of an American trucking fleet, which reduced his shipping cost from $5.86 to .16 cents, paving the way for globalisation and mass intercontinental shipping.
VMZ4G TIL that Jackson Mountain, located in the Presidential Range of New Hampshire, is named after Charles Thomas Jackson, a state geologist in the 19th century.