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TIL George Washington prevented a military coup over unpaid back wages by putting on a pair of glasses to read a letter from Congress, explaining he was "almost blind in the service of my country.” Moved to tears, his officers compromised.
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The Time George Washington Prevented A Military Coup With His Glasses
As a group of disgruntled veterans gathered to protest their treatment, showing a weakness made our founding father strong.
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TIL In January 1944 the Australian 9th Division found the Japanese 20th Division’s entire cryptographic library in New Guinea. The codes were buried in a steel trunk during a retreat and found by engineers looking for mines. This find lead to around 36,000 messages being decrypted in March alone.
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Japanese code library found in New Guinea
On January 19, 1944, the Australian Ninth Infantry Division uncovered the Japanese 20th Division’s entire cryptographic library in Sio, New Guine...
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TIL of the pumpkin toadlet, a tiny frog the size of a Tic Tac that has trouble landing after a jump because their semicircular canals have gotten so small that they're not sensitive enough to be used to detect angular acceleration. They often end up flopping backwards or doing backflips instead. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-the-tuesday-edition-1.649… #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1h2bv5t/til_of_the_pumpkin_toadlet_a_tiny_frog_the_size/ image
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TIL about Dick Stevenson, the legendary Canadian bartender who invented the “sour toe” cocktail. The drink contains a mummified human toe and in when Dick died 5 years ago, his will stated that all 10 of his toes be used in making sour toe cocktails.
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Legendary Canadian bartender
‘Captain Dick’ Stevenson requested all 10 of his toes be donated for use in the ‘sour toe’ whiskey cocktail he invented
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TIL Brutus the Barber recounted a tale that Andre the Giant once had an emergency BM on a flight to Tokyo. Being too big to use the toilet, the crew improvised with a trash bag for him to use in a pinch but the smell filled the cabin leading to people puking, crying and falling out of seats. https://www.cinemablend.com/wrestling/wwe-legend-shares-andre-the-giant-story-… #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gy24e8/til_brutus_the_barber_recounted_a_tale_that_andre/ image
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TIL That the 'Wedding Ring Effect' (the idea that women find men signalling engagement or having a partner more attractive) does not exist.
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Human mate choice and the wedding ring effect : Are married men more attractive? - PubMed
Individuals are often restricted to indirect cues when assessing the mate value of a potential partner. Females of some species have been shown to ...
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