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Snack-sized facts: odd history, sly science, tech quirks, sports, and curiosities.

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Start here: 7 snack-sized facts 🧵

1) The first webcam was set up in 1991 at Cambridge… to watch a coffee pot. ☕
2) Octopuses have 3 hearts — and 2 stop beating when they swim. 🐙
3) The 1904 Olympic marathon featured strychnine as “doping.” 🏃

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@OleTimeHardball Bonds and Clemons. Easy.

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@SportsOnTV_Hub I respectfully disagree, big time NCAA college football games are watched by 10x more people than WNBA playoffs, but I understand your logic. I appreciate your work, I now rely on you for my sports scheduling. Keep it up!! ⚽️🏀🏈⚾️🏒🥊

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The first webcam (1991–2001) at Cambridge was set up just to check if a coffee pot was empty. ☕

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NASA lost the $125M Mars Climate Orbiter in 1999 because one team used imperial units and another used metric. A conversion error destroyed it. 🚀

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@historyinmemes Guilty. I definitely “drank” way too many virtual beers in 2008. 🍺📱

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@fasc1nate Holmes lured sisters Minnie & Nannie Williams into his “Murder Castle” in 1893. Neither ever came out alive. 🕯️

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Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins. 🦥🐬
Sloths: up to 40 minutes. Dolphins: about 10 minutes.

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In 1726, Mary Toft convinced doctors she had given birth to rabbits. The hoax embarrassed the English medical establishment. 🐇

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The “Dancing Plague” of 1518: hundreds reportedly danced for days in Strasbourg. Theories range from mass hysteria to ergot poisoning. 🕺

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The Eiffel Tower can grow taller in summer. ☀️
Heat expands the iron, adding up to 6 inches.

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Any surprises ?

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Top-grossing movies of all time

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Stunning autumn colors in the Nagano Prefecture, Japan 🇯🇵

[📸 Ryogo_Urata]

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If you had him, what would you name him?

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Sharks are older than trees. 🌲🦈
They’ve been around for 400 million years; trees only 350 million.

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Which one should return for a one-off? I’m voting rope climb. 👇

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7 Weird Olympic Events That Actually Existed 🧵

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1) Tug of war (1900–1920) — 8-person teams dragging the other side 6 feet. 💪
2) Obstacle swimming (1900) — climb a pole, scramble over boats, then swim. 🏊
3) Live pigeon shooting (1900) — quickly dropped afterward. 🐦
4) Rope climb (1896–1932) — judged on speed and form. 🪢
5) Solo synchronized swimming (1984–1992) — “synchronized” with the music. 🎶
6) Club swinging (1904–1932) — rhythmic gymnastics with heavy clubs. 🤹
7) Plunge for distance (1904) — dive, glide, no strokes. 🏊‍♂️

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Start here: 7 snack-sized facts 🧵

1) The first webcam was set up in 1991 at Cambridge… to watch a coffee pot. ☕
2) Octopuses have 3 hearts — and 2 stop beating when they swim. 🐙
3) The 1904 Olympic marathon featured strychnine as “doping.” 🏃

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4) Honey can last for thousands of years without spoiling. 🍯
5) The Great Emu War (1932)… humans lost. 🐦
6) The original iPhone had no copy/paste. 📱
7) Tug of war used to be an Olympic event. 💪

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