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TIL that a successful ventroliquist's career ended when he switched from radio to TV as "his lips were frequently seen to move"

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lo7OA Yes, but no more than listening to Justin Bieber. The misconception that there's something unique about Mozart's ability to increase brainpower began in 1993, with a paper in Nature. Neurobiologists Gordon Shaw, Frances Rauscher and Katherine Ky of the University of California at Irvine found that students who listened to 10 minutes of a Mozart sonata demonstrated a temporary increase in spatial-temporal reasoning, as measured by an IQ test.
d8jWr TIL of The Map That Named America. Martin Waldseemüller, the primary author of the 1507 map, used the term “America” for the fist time. In 1513, he had second thoughts on honoring Vespucci and used the term Terra Incognita (unknown land) instead of “America”.
a5PL TIL that tomorrow is Bloomsday, where James Joyce enthusiasts all over the world celebrate the day their favorite author got a handjob on a first date
OGQBR TIL In Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Austria and other countries, the philosophy of the law holds that it is human nature to want to escape captivity. In these countries, those who escape jail and do not break any other laws are not charged and no extra time is added to their sentence.
x6X6D TIL In 1924, CEOs of the leading light bulb companies held a secret meeting to stop improving their lightbulbs. This was because if they kept on making their lightbulbs last longer, then eventually consumers wouldn't have to buy any more lightbulbs.