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TIL Swallow nests have been used as a delicacy for over 400 years, and are among the most expensive animal products consumed by humans

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6RWl TIL the movie “Misery” is the only film adaptation of Stephen King’s work to have ever won an oscar
D78j TIL Nikola Tesla had no interest in women because he thought that modern women have evolved new “undesirable” habits that made them lose their feminine behavior and over-compete with men.
d8WdK TIL about the Doomsday Algorithm - a method to mentally calculate the day of the week given any date based on the fact that 4/4, 6/6, 8/8, 10/10, 12/12 all occur on the same day of the week regardless of the year.
b9QeE TIL: some people cut their hair with a vacuum
OGkee TIL that of the three astronauts on Apollo 13, one was the first death among people who flew to the Moon, and the other two are still alive (as of 18 July 2024)