› added 8 years ago

161783

TIL that a cat once co-authored a physics paper. In 1975, a physicist had just finished writing a paper and was ready to publish but realized that he had used ‘we’ instead of 'I’ throughout, despite being the sole author. Not wanting to edit the paper, he listed his cat, Chester, as a co-author.

78DkP TIL the second most spoken first language in Brazil is German (various dialects)
5oBP TIL: Every year they pull out between 12,000 and 15,000 bikes from the canals of Amsterdam
GAQW7 TIL that the Glen Campbell song, "I'm Not Gonna Miss You", was about his future after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's. It ended up being the last song he recorded.
Kvpw TIL The CEO of Spotify was the CEO of uTorrent in 2006
Z8LJo TIL There is 'Windows for submarines™', and it's still being used