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TIL The US census bureau used to use “insane and idiots” and a demographic category

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oRppR TIL of the Malaysian version of rock paper scissors called One Two Som which uses Rock, Water and Bird. Water is a stretched out palm (same as paper), but a Bird is represented by all five finger tips held together to form a bird beak. Rock kills Bird, Bird drinks Water, and Water sinks Rock.
Dolv TIL: IKEA uses a technique called ‘bulla bulla’ - a bunch of items are purposely jumbled in bins to create the impression of volume and, therefore, inexpensiveness
ANQJw TIL about Garry Hoy. A Canadian Lawyer who tried to demonstrate that skyscraper windows at his law firm were in fact unbreakable by slamming himself into a window in front of a group of students. The Window frame gave way and he fell 24 floors to his death. The glass did not break.
kJnRB TIL Roald Dahl (author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and many other children's books) also invented a cerebral shunt that has been used to treat thousands of children with brain injuries.
OGDa1 TIL in 2006, Quiznos sent mystery shoppers to franchise stores and sued owners for not putting enough meat in a prime rib sandwich. The owners won a lawsuit against Quiznos, with the judge calling Quizno's meat-weighing exercise a "charade" to bolster its national ad campaign against Subway.