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TIL the real Top Gun School gives a $5 fine to anyone in the staff that quotes the movie.

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KOwL4 TIL the Greeks invented "Worry Beads" (kompoloi) as a tool to destress. While many cultures and faiths created beads for religious purposes (Catholic Rosaries or Buddhist Mala for example) these beads aren't related to a religious practice. Greeks carry and play with them to relax or fidget.
DQr9D TIL there is a Swiss company using organoids (Clusters of cells replicating a brain) to replace silicon based chips
lonk7 Physicists have confirmed a pear-shaped nucleus, and it could ruin time travel forever.
0Ol1 TIL Harry Markopolos determined Bernie Madoff was a fraud within five minutes of review. He then spent 10 unsuccessful years trying to alert the SEC.
YpEWB TIL about Self-plagiarism, when you reuse portion of your own work without acknowledging that you're doing so or citing the original work.