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TIL That the iconic red stapler in Office Space was simple spray painted, it wasn't till three years after the film release when Swingline started actually selling red staplers

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K7R TIL 1 acre of hemp can produce as much paper as 4 acres of trees, be recycled more often, and lasts centuries longer.
R7dv1 TIL of 'Friendship Albums', a tradition among African-American women in the early 1800s from the middle/upper class. Empty books were passed around their circle and filled with philosophical, political or creative writing and art. Extremely rare antiques, only 5 such albums are known to exist today.
wLG8o TIL scientist Henry Cavendish suffered from extreme shyness “bordering on disease”. He discovered several laws not attributed to him because of this shyness. Had secret staircases in his home to avoid his housekeeper -females caused him “extreme distress” and devised a note system to talk to her.
mx08P TIL that surgeons used to try to speed run their operations - in one instance resulting in a 300% mortality rate for a leg amputation (done in under 2:30)
kJPQE TIL that between 2004 and 2017, the number of U.S. men who read for pleasure dropped by 40%, women by 29%.