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TIL the red memorial poppy commemorating deceased veterans on Remembrance Day was originated by an American woman from Georgia

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ANKYB TIL that Gregor Mendel (famous for his pea plant experiment in genetics) was taught physics and astronomy by Christian Doppler, who the Doppler effect in weather is named after, and Mendel founded the Austrian Meteorological Society.
4Oe6 TIL in 1922, a fur trapper named Ben Cochrane was attacked by a pack of wolves in Manitoba. He shot and killed 7 wolves before running out of ammunition. He then beat 4 more to death, before his rifle finally broke in half. (Upper Right)
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MePAA TIL of the Gnostic Gospels. Discovered in Nag Hammadi, Egypt in 1945, these texts carry non-canonical stories of Jesus from the perspectives of Mary Magdalene, Judas, Thomas and others.