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TIL: Musical satirist Tom Lehrer quit his career after Henry Kissenger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, saying "When Kissinger won the Nobel peace prize, satire died"

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PYp6n Today I learned about Lychrel numbers. A Lychrel number is a natural number that cannot form a palindrome through the iterative process of repeatedly reversing its digits and adding the resulting numbers. For example 57+75 = 132, 132+231 = 363, a palindrome. There is no known sequence for 196
dDKYZ TIL a lady who was convicted of kidnapping a child had to experience being executed by firing squad twice. Between the two shootings a strangulation was attempted. Later, it was discovered that she'd been born with her heart on the right side of her chest instead of the left
gavy TIL it is illegal for employers to have a “no-beard” policy unless it affects your job-related tasks
pY5mA TIL Beaver anal secretions have been used as a vanilla flavor substitute for certain foods and luxury cosmetics.
VMmak TIL Mice with vision enhanced by nanotechnology can see both infrared and visible light. A single injection of nano-particles in the mice's eyes gave them infrared vision for around 10 weeks with minimal side effects.