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TIL: Tensegrity Structures and how facilitating they are

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JnpQ TIL that the word “dude” is actually a Scottish word, from ‘duddies’
kOloW TIL The final episode of Perry Mason was set in a TV studio, offering the entire production crew an opportunity to appear on camera. Most of the behind-the-scenes personnel in the episode had been with the show the entire nine year run. The original author, Erle Gardner, appeared too.
xLwb TIL all but 22 of the worlds 193 countries have been invaded by the British at some point.
M6Rm TIL there’s a man with a neurological condition rendering his vision, feeling and hearing out of sync. He hears people speak before seeing their lips move, and can hear own his voice before he feels his jaw movements.
vPppK TIL that “Tick-Tock the Crocodile” ‘s iconic music from 1953’s Peter Pan was composed with lyrics in 1939. Production of the movie was shelved due to WW2 and the lyrics cut from the final product. Its composer committed suicide in 1942.