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TIL: Kentucky has 120 counties (4th out of all states) because the rule in the early 1800’s was you needed to be a day rides by horse to the county seat to take care of business.

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nbwo TIL That poorly designed doors (doors that aren’t obvious if you push, pull, turn a handle, etc to open) are called “Norman Doors” and are named after Don Norman who writes about how it should be obvious as to how everyday items function
epj8n TIL that Quiet Riot never intended to record a cover of Slade's 'Cum On Feel The Noize.' They actively tried to botch the recording by not practicing beforehand, expecting a 'train wreck.' Instead, their raw approach unintentionally captured the song's essence and turned it into a massive hit.
4mA5 TIL that the Pink Panthers, a group of international jewel thieves, have committed 341 robberies in 35 different countries, and successfully gotten away with nearly half a billion dollars worth of jewels.
5KOB TIL in 2008, when South Korea’s Health Ministry requested a lower price for a leading HIV drug made by Roche, the pharma company refused to sell it. The head of Roche’s Korea division reportedly said, “We are not in the business to save lives, but to make money. Saving lives is not our business.”
7r5VO TIL J Robert Oppenheimer, inventor of the A-bomb, resigned as leader of Los Alamos. The program had shifted focus to thermonuclear weapons, and Oppenheimer vehemently opposed the hydrogen bomb and similar weapons on the grounds that they were more destructive than mankind could responsibly control.