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TIL James H. Salisbury; inventor of the Salisbury Steak was an early proponent of germ theory, and also believed that humans should limit consumption of fruits and vegetables and instead eat Salisbury Steak 3x a day.

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ADLwn TIL The emperor Caligula's real name was Gaius Caesar Germanicus. The name Caligula is a diminutive meaning "Little Boots" and was given to him by soldiers employed by his father Germanicus when he was a young boy.
yVZrw TIL that readiness potentials are a kind electroencephalogram signal that appears before the intention to perform actions, so they were thought to predict awareness of voluntary movement. But this recent study have found them also before the partecipants decided not to move.
W70ZB TIL A chess robot in Moscow broke the finger of its 7-year-old human opponent after the boy made a quick move without waiting for the robot to complete its turn.
booa TIL PeTA boycotted Liam Neeson’s movie because it depicted gray wolves in a negative light
d8XN9 TIL the first known instance of a railway was not in modern history - written references place it as early as 600BC. The Diolkos, a grooved road paved with hard limestone, was used to roll ships across the land, saving long transport times on goods and assisting in naval campaigns.