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TIL Big Bang Theory character Leonard Hofstadter was named after Robert Hofstadter; an American physicist who jointly won a Nobel Prize in Physics.

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9gdD TIL the environmental cost of a reusable canvas bag is equivalent to 400 plastic bags. Unless you reuse it at least 400 times, you’d be better off sticking with plastic.
69Grl TIL that no-one knows what the "H." stands for in "Jesus H. Christ". Some speculate it's "Harold", as in "Harold be thy name".
neRad TIL Some people can smell ants and ant colonies and say they have a unique smell
oRP8r TIL The Goodyear Blimp is the Official bird of Redondo Beach California!
7vMX TIL ‘Vexations’ an 18hr long piece of music. After a public performance in New York in 1963 only 6 people remained to the end, one stood up and shouted “Encore!”