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TIL the most common birthday in the US is September 16th.

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pY07A TIL that "wood grain" has two meanings, the structure of fibres in wood, and the visible pattern they make. So a piece of rough-cut unpolished lumber both has and does not have wood grain.
pr9e TIL when Halle Berry accepted her Razzie award for Catwoman in person, she thanked Warner Bros. “Thank you for putting me in a piece of shit, god-awful movie… It was just what my career needed.”
JYGpV TIL of "Sluggish Schizophrenia," used in the Soviet Union to describe a form of schizophrenia characterized by a slowly progressive course. It was often diagnosed in those who exhibited no symptoms of disorders; this would deprive people of their credibility and was used against political dissidents
rNkk0 TIL the hanging boxes on power lines are called Stockbridge dampers and mitigate specific vertical movement (called Aeolian vibration) in the cables that would otherwise result in stress fatigue and potential separation. This is the same vibration that destroyed the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in 1940.
4x6b TIL Despite common belief, in every state it is legal to give performance information in a job reference. Many even protect the employer from being sued for defamation.