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TIL when asked if he knew his IQ, Stephen Hawking responded “I have no idea. People who boast about their IQ are losers”

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NgD1 TIL in the Lebanese government, the President must be Maronite Christian; the Prime Minister must be Sunni Muslim; the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament must be Greek Orthodox and the Chief of the General Staff must be Druze.
o44o TIL that in 1964, a parent wrote to the US Attorney General complaining that the lyrics to “Louie Louie” by The Kingsmen were obscene. After 2 years of investigation, the FBI dissmissed the complaint because the lyrics of that recording were “unintelligible at any speed”.
jNVav TIL The Queen of England has someone who breaks in her shoes for her before she wears them ,”...the shoes have to be immediately comfortable and to achieve this, a member of staff with the same size feet will trot up and down palatial corridors for her until they are suitably broken in.”
kDng TIL a Comcast customer who was constantly dissatisfied with his internet speeds set up a Raspberry Pi to automatically send an hourly tweet to @Comcast when his bandwidth was lower than advertised.
x0m0 TIL Metals usually do not burn, as they conduct heat away from hot spots very effectively. However, metal fires are uniquely hazardous because water and other common firefighting materials make them worse.