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TIL William James Sidis, a man to have been deemed the smartest person to have ever lived with an IQ of 250-300, died at the age of 46 due to none other than a brain hemorrhage.

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x6N4o TIL Julius Evola, an Italian philosopher, would regularly walk around the city during bombing raids to "ponder his destiny". During one such aerial bombardment in 1945, a shell fragment damaged his spinal cord and he became paralysed from the waist down, remaining so for the rest of his life.
9kB6 TIL that if you fail your driver’s license practical test three times in Switzerland, you have to visit a Psychologist to explain why you failed it.
lkLa TIL The term “spam” meaning internet junk is derived from a Monty Python skit. Spam makers Hormel, while never happy with the use of the word spam for junk email, have been supportive of the sketch and issued a special tin of Spam for the Broadway premiere of Spamalot based on Monty Python.
Paxw TIL The Nintendo Game Company is 123 years old
9wQPQ [TIL] Tinted lenses can help with some forms of Dyslexia.