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TIL that it's not a crime to escape prison in many countries

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kJx8m TIL for 358 years mathematicians attempted to solve an equation scribbled in the margin of a text book with a note they had a proof but was "too large to fit in the margin". It's still debated today whether Fermat had a solution in 1637 or wrote that just to entice other mathematicians
awmQA TIL when a ball hits you in the head in Australia it is called a Falcon
QJZnd TIL that Mad Magazine writer Dick DeBartolo was on the staff of game show Match Game. When it was cancelled DeBartolo started writing silly and suggestive questions - which led to improved ratings and a reversal of the decision to cancel the show
oBwj7 Catching COVID-19 from a dead body is possible, but there’s no proof it’s happened yet.
R5eoj TIL The teddy bear, or Teddy's bear, was named after President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, an avid hunter and sportsman, when he was ridiculed for not shooting a clubbed and captured bear during a hunting trip because he said it would be unsportsmanlike.