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TIL Women’s shirt buttons are on the left-hand side because wealthy women used to be dressed by their maids and it was easier to access.

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awxDM TIL that in 2002, a Marvel comics writer based an alternate version of Nick Fury on Samuel L Jackson, using his image without permission. Jackson discovered this and nearly took legal action. Marvel offered to cast him as Fury if the character was ever in a movie. Jackson took the deal.
LklLm TIL about hedonic adaptation, which is the tendency for people to return to a baseline happiness level regardless of what happens to them. A study conducted on lottery winners and paraplegics concluded that neither group was either happier or sadder less than 6 months after the event.
a8dXA TIL most receipts use toxic ink that gets absorbed through skin contact
ne6Kr TIL following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Walt Disney Studios was taken over and converted by the U.S. Army into an anti-aircraft base in fears that Japanese bombers would soon reach Los Angeles. It remained the only time a Hollywood studio came under military occupation in history.
OjOe TIL the rotary engine was so superior that Mazda built the first and only Japanese car to win at 24 hours at Le Mans. The engine was subsequently banned by the racing organization that ran Le Mans.