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TIL Spock and Kirk’s iconic friendship was actually the idea of Isaac Asimov. It was intended to keep Shatner from getting pissy.

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xVA0 TIL the nuclear family started when Homo Ergasters’ pelvises narrowed for upright walking; this narrowed the birth canal which caused babies to be born with less developed (smaller) brains which caused mothers to lean on their partners for support since they’re busy caring for the helpless newborn
6BoY TIL that Bill Gates wife and children are not allowed to own or use an Apple product. A restriction was also put in place by Steve Balmer for his family.
OX9X TIL in 1972, a British nutritionist published a book called Pure, White & Deadly in which he warns about the dangers of sugar and advises following a low-carbohydrate diet for weight loss. It would take over 40 years for his work to be recognized by other scientists.
N7LOE TIL that the intestines (Goldbeater’s skins) of 250,000-450,000 cows where needed to build one WW1 Zeppelin.
OGLne TIL that before Austria-Hungary divided and separated, their motto was "Indivisible and Inseparable"