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Today I Learned How Vinegar is Made

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Oob81 TIL that in some cases it is better that a single product design dominates a market for a short period of time, regardless of relative quality (ex. iPod, Blu-Ray, VHS). "Dominant design" allows for relatively low-risk improvement of existing designs, increasing the rate of technological advancement.
D1w6J TIL that in over 50 years and 10 billion passengers, the Japanese bullet train has never had a single passenger fatality caused by a derailment or collision.
x6pvD TIL that Judd Apatow wrote the 1995 classic Heavyweights.
v1O0B TIL Sperm whale sonar clicks are so loud they can do physical harm to divers.
0wQ4L TIL: 80’s Night Court had the tallest cast in sitcom history. Richard Moll was 6’8, John Laroquette 6’4, Harry Anderson 6’4, Charles Robinson 6’2, and Marsha Warfield 5’11.