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TIL the most infamous form of the lobotomy was not the original technique.

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QNxRe TIL British army tanks have a pair of eyes painted on them. A Chinese businessman insisted on this when he gave money for a tank during WW1. He said; "No got eyes, how can see? No can see, how can save? No can save, how can chop chop?" The 'Chinese Eye' is now a long standing tradition.
R7eLl TIL William Henry Sheppard, one of the first Black American missionaries to Africa, helped to expose King Leopold’s atrocities in the Belgian Congo to the world
gevA TIL You only need to use 39 digits of Pi to accurately determine the circumference of the universe to within the width of a single hydrogen atom. (Insert “your mom” jokes accordingly)
pJDA TIL that a 1997 poll found that Americans thought NASA represented approximately 20% of the federal budget. In reality, NASA represented 0.9% of the federal budget. The record high level for NASA funding was 4.4%.
KOdwB TIL after the movie Office Space premiered, Swingline received requests for red staplers, which they stopped selling years prior. Due to high demand, they began to produce the red staplers again. They would later become the company's best selling stapler and transform the image of the company.