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TIL “checks” can be written on just about anything and not necessarily on an actual check

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YpLr TIL that the gold records the RIAA gives to artists are actual gold-plated vinyl records, but they often were made from any record that was handy. Rarely was the plated record actually of the song or album being commemorated.
9PyX TIL Mary Ball Washington was terrified of lightning because while she was pregnant with George, a bolt of lightning traveled down her chimney. It shocked her and killed a dinner guest.
LY10 TIL In the 1930s two psychologists adopted a baby chimp and tried to raise her as their child alongside their real infant son Donald to see if this caused the chimp to learn human behavior. They stopped the experiment after 9 months because their son actually started behaving more like a chimp.
wLk81 TIL the term "Napoleon Dynamite Problem" is used to describe the phenomenon where "quirky" films such as Napoleon Dynamite, Lost in Translation and I Heart Huckabees prove difficult for researchers to create algorithms able to predict whether or not a viewer will like a certain film.
APjx TIL if everyone in the world lived in Texas, the population density would be the same as it is in New York City.