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TIL Coffee improves short term memory, creativity and alertness.

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WkE0o TIL Pride-filled Enzo Ferrari dismissed Ferruccio Lamborghini's complaint of rough clutches in the Ferrari 250GT; After successfully modifying one of his personally-owned Ferrari 250GT to outperform stock models, Lamborghini gained the impetus to pursue an automobile manufacturing venture of his own
Wkmyo TIL A scam artist tricked multiple US government agencies into spending over $20M on fake intelligence software. In 2003 the CIA grounded a US-bound flight after the software detected a credible threat had been made, and the con was discovered when the airline conducted an independent investigation.
AyLw TIL that the Chinese word for “contradiction” is 矛盾, consisting of the characters for “spear” and “shield” respectively. It’s derive from the book “Han Fei Zi” in which a Chu (楚国) merchant proclaimed to sell “spears that could pierce any shield” and “shields that could defend from all spear attacks”
VMm9k TIL using the outward setting on a stapler is called "pinning", and it's meant for temporary staples that are easy to remove without mangling the paper.
N7rB8 TIL Disney had to change the name of the popular cartoon "Moana" in Italy, due to the possible confusion with the vintage Italian pornstar, Moana Pozzi.