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TIL: Ordinary ice is called ice Ih, because it has hexagonal crystals. But if you cool it below -37 °C, scientists believe it will gradually turn into a cubic form, called ice Ic.
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TIL the control of fire by early humans a million years ago changed our sleeping patterns. Exposure to artificial light during the afternoon altered humans' circadian rhythms and contributed to a longer waking day, giving us 16 hours in the waking day while most mammals are only awake for half that.
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TIL that GPS(global positioning system) technology was originally restricted to military use. In 1983, Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was shot down by a Soviet fighter aircraft after it had strayed into Soviet territory. US President Regan then authorized GPS use by civilians.
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TIL During the 18th to 20th centuries, hat makers used mercury to stiffen felt for hats. Over time, the hatters inhaled mercury vapors. Many developed symptoms of chronic mercury poisoning, including psychosis, excitability, and tremors. Thus birthing the phrase "mad as a hatter".
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TIL Neanderthals sailed the Mediterranean. Stone tools, of the kind made by Neanderthals, were found in areas that were known to be distant islands at the time.
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TIL Spitfire planes were "crowdfunded" in some cases in World War II. Large scale contributors were allowed to give the plane a nickname which was printed on the side. For example, ‘Dorothy of Great Britain and Empire’ was named by a group of women, all with the name 'Dorothy'.
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FUN FACT: The first person to introduce smallpox inoculation to England was Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, a fabulist and serial adulteress, famous in literary circles for befriending Alexander Pope and then mocking him ruthlessly when he declared his love for her. Unsurprisingly, she spent her later years writing her estranged husband about their son's gambling debts. She had had that same son, Edward, inoculated when he was not yet five years old, the "first English person to undergo the operation." In case you were wondering where the English-speaking world contracted its fascination with vaccines: they got it via Lady Mary who learned it from the Ottomans.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Mary_Wortley_Montagu#Smallpox_inoculation

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TIL Mel Gibson could not get any studio to fund ‘Passion of the Christ’. Instead of scrapping the film, he chose to fund it all by himself, an action which analysts labelled as “idiotic”. He spent $30M on the film & went on to make over $475M because he didn't have to split the profits
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McLuhan on television politics, and charisma: "Charisma means to look like a lot of other people." To succeed in television politics, you need to look like a stereotype. A cartoon character, as it were.
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TIL Civil War Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg once served as both a commander and quartermaster simultaneously. He submitted a requisition for supplies to himself and then denied them - twice.
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