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TIL the optimal temperature for economic growth is 13°C

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d8Zk7 TIL Max Mosley, former head of the FIA, once sued a tabloid for writing "F1 Boss has Sick Nazi Orgy with Five Hookers" claiming that while he did engage in a BDSM orgy set in a German prison, the orgy was not Nazi-themed. He won.
dDY9K TIL that members of the Bloods and Crips street gangs were frustrated by the success N.W.A. achieved by talking about the gang lifestyle, and despite being rivals they got together in 1993 to record an album titled "Bangin' on Wax".
Br9xe TIL In 1988 Nancy Knight, a scientist at the National Center for Atmosphere Research in Boulder, Colorado, USA, found two identical snowflakes.
dDXjB TIL that the star Betelgeuse gets its English name due to a 13th century translation error from the Arabic ‘Yad al-Jauzā’ (Hand of Orion) because some one mistook the Arabic letter for Y (ي) for the letter for B (ب). Written as part of a word, the only difference is an extra dot on the bottom for Y.
N79A1 TIL emergency contraceptives work by preventing ovulation so if your ovaries already released an egg they do nothing