@til Today I learned that 400 million years ago, the largest land organism was kinda like a giant sausage sticking out of the ground. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prototaxites
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@til Today I learned that Ritalin (Methylphenidate) was named after the inventor’s wife Marguerite “Rita” Panizzon, because it improved her tennis game (article in German). https://archive.li/VGcQD#selection-635.181-635.308
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@todayilearned Today I learned that the motto of the Habsburg Monarchy was A.E.I.O.U. (Austriae est imperare orbi universo) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.E.I.O.U.
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