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TIL that the concept of curvature in space-time giving rise to matter and gravitation was predicted in 1870 by William Kingdon Clifford (although not rigorously proving it like Einstein managed)

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E1dno TIL Men did not use to wear wristwatches because they were seen as feminine. It was only after World War 1 when men started wearing wristwatches because they were proven useful in the war.
ABlB TIL in the coconuts used as “horses” in Monty Python and the Holy Grail didn’t start out as a joke - they decided to use them because the film didn’t have the budget for actual horses.
lolr7 TIL that after Bush Jr. put tariffs on steel imports, what some accused of being a political stunt to get votes from the Rust Belt, the EU threatened to tariff oranges and motorbikes which are big industries in key swing states. Bush responded by dropping the steel tariffs.
OoJNX TIL that the bird, Turkey (like the country) is Peru (like the country) in the Portuguese language
0d9aR TIL that the Gorrilaz hit, Clint Eastwood, has an iconic beat taken from a default preset on an Omnichord