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TIL Fedex keeps empty planes in the sky to be able to respond to changing freight demand quickly

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oBnXA TIL After the assassination of Julius Caesar a large comet hit the Earths atmosphere, it was seen in Rome and China, and may have been brightest daylight comet in recorded history, it led to Caesar being Deified, an Imperial Cult, and the building of the ‘Temple of the Comet Star’.
7na7 TIL there is a branch in psychology whose purpose is to use scientific understanding and effective interventions to aid to satisfactory normal life rather than merely treating mental illness. It’s called positive psychology.
QNn7d TIL During a 6-mo period, 2,055 Brown Recluse spiders were collected in a 19th-century-built home in Lenexa, KS. Estimates show that at least 400 spiders were large enough to cause envenomation. A family of 4 had been living there since 1996 and had never been bit despite seeing them multiple times.
neywB TIL Robert Ross won a Nobel prize for his work on how to control epidemics
kpp5 TIL Hitler whistled Disney’s “When You Wish Upon A Star” while overlooking the recently conquered city of Paris.