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TIL that mathematician Marina Ratner proved her most influential theorem after she turned 50, defying a common notion that only young mathematicians can do great work

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xVl91 TIL of the Peanut Butter Hearings of 1959, which took place after the FDA revealed that leading peanut butter products only contained 75% peanuts to cut costs. This enraged the public, who began referring to these products as “peanut-flavored face cream” and standard of at least 90% peanuts was set.
arvJ TIL that bluetooth was named after Harald Bluetooth - King of Denmark 1000 years ago. The bluetooth logo is made from the Nordic runes of his initials.
Xb5P TIL a man proposing to his girlfriend at a restaurant was interrupted by a robber who broke into the restaurant. He put the robber in a chokehold when he tried to flee, knocking him out. Then the man went back to the original task at hand and proposed to his girlfriend. No big deal.
6bMQ TIL that of the 2.9 million female high school athletes, only 3% are cheerleaders, yet cheerleading accounts for nearly 65% of all catastrophic injuries in girls’ high school athletics.
a8nob TIL that during an equinox, the daytime and nighttime aren't equal. There's another term for that: equilux.