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TIL that Ventriloquism was originally considered a form of Necromancy.

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PYGrG TIL a California HS teacher designed an experiment/demonstration to explain how the German population could accept the actions of the Nazi regime during WWII. It lasted 5 days and grew from just his class of 30 to over 200 students.
lB6G TIL that in 1959 the USPS attempted to deliver mail by cruise missile and successfully shipped cargo from New jersey to Florida in 22 minutes
J16rm TIL the Death Camas plant is so toxic that there is only one known pollinator. The plant is visited by a specialist mining bee, which can tolerate its toxins - others are fatally poisoned. One plant species name is Toxicoscordion venenosum var. venenosum ≈ toxic bulb poisonous poisonous.
oRybY TIL that the eruption of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcano was heard from 6000 miles away. For reference, that is the equivalent of hearing a sound from Moscow while being all the way in San Francisco. Before 2022, this record was held by the eruption of Krakatoa whose range was 3000 miles.
4Vkg TIL Historians have often credited Thomas Jefferson with introducing macaroni and cheese to the United States.