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TIL there's a theory which suggests that early humans were first inspired to settle down and adopt agriculture in order to produce beer, rather than bread.

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NXmJ8 TIL Many of Benny Blanco's early tracks are at 120 BPM, the default tempo in Pro Tools, and he didn't realize he could adjust it, so he ended up using that tempo for many of his initial projects. This included hits like Kesha's "Tik Tok," Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream," and Taio Cruz's "Dynamite”
Vwp4 TIL that all six members of Monty Python have an asteroid named after them
JAWk TIL that Toyota was founded by a man named Akio Toyoda, but named Toyota because of Japanese superstition: writing the symbols “Toyota” requires 8 brushstrokes, a lucky number in Japan, while the 10 brushstrokes of “Toyoda” is an inauspicious sign.
kOE6W TIL in the story of the Jewish Exodus from Egypt, the Torah uses the singular word tzefardeah for frog, not the plural tzefard'im. Some interpret this as meaning Egypt was plagued by a singular frog.
4X9A5 TIL that there are whales over 250 years old. For comparison, “Moby Dick” is 168 years old.