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Preserving the world’s most unforgettable moments. Daily facts from Today in history.

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Today in 1933, the board game Monopoly (originally known as "The Landlord's Game") was invented. Monopoly was designed during the Great Depression to demonstrate the negative aspects of monopolies, but later became a global sensation for the opposite reason.

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@Rainmaker1973 A view from in the fall

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@Rainmaker1973 Sunrise. Coffee. Awake.

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@Rainmaker1973 Might as well just make it with an Arduino instead.

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@Rainmaker1973 Matrix LED 😭

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@Rainmaker1973 🤦‍♂️

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Today in 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, the first direct tax on the American colonies. By taxing everything from legal papers to playing cards, they did the one thing they didn't intend: unified the 13 colonies. "No Taxation Without Representation" wasn't a slogan it was a warning.

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Arthur Schawlow and Charles Townes were granted the very first patent for the laser Today in 1960. At the time, it was famously described as "a solution looking for a problem". Although 66 years later, it’s hard to find a piece of modern technology from grocery scanners to fiber optic internet that doesn't use lasers.

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@sciencegirl Most are unaware that hair cell damage is irreversible in people right now, leading to permanent hearing issues… Which is also why researchers are pushing hard on stem cell research as an attempt to regrow them naturally.

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@AmazingSights This is a semi aquatic adaptation, which allows the lizard to rebreathe oxygen from the bubble held by it's hydrophobic skin for up to 18 minutes to evade predators like birds.

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@Rainmaker1973 Suprisingly this factory is able to produce one vehicle every 3-5 minutes and 99.99% quality yields, per industry reports.

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@Rainmaker1973 That statue is over 100ft tall by the way

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@Rainmaker1973 This is an example of the Batesian mimicry defense method which is meant to reduce bird attacks

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@Rainmaker1973 Jaguars use diverse sounds like the "sawing" call which is a deep rasping roar meant for territory defense and mating.

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@wonderofscience Auroras form when solar wind particles collide with oxygen and nitrogen in the upper atmosphere

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@Rainmaker1973 This was invented by engineer Gustave Mercier amid rising road fatalities in the 1920s

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@Rainmaker1973 For people wondering temperatures typically need to be within -30F° to -40F°

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@CuriosityonX Garans insights align with studies on the Overview Effect which have been reported by over 80% of astronauts per Frank White's research, linking it to reduced conflict views and heightened environmental awareness in peer reviewed psychology papers.

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@ScienceMagazine Crazy to think he went from a 1.9 GPA in high school as a farmworker to a Harvard PhD

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@Rainmaker1973 Her Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" cover is also impressive