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TIL of Formula Easter, a Formula One-type racing series created specifically for drivers/constructors from the communist bloc

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9K7X TIL that mathematicians have jokingly proposed a standard unit of measurement for beauty: the “millihelen.” Inspired by Helen of Troy, a millihelen is defined as “the amount of beauty required to launch one ship.”
jNadX TIL that the song ‘The Most Wonderful Time of the Year’ mentioning “scary ghost stories” is from the pre-Christianity pagan belief that the winter solstice, being the longest night, was when the dead could most easily return.
eVn TIL that Kodak invented the first digital camera, then went bankrupt because they didn’t convert to digital
QJowM TIL that bats cannot take off from the ground. Because their wings are too weak and they cannot get a running start, they must climb onto something and drop down into flight
e0Y4b Today I learned that Lego creator, Ole Kirk Christiansen, created plastic interlocking bricks in 1949. They were originally named "Automatic Binding Bricks". Lego has kept their original size so all bricks can interlock.