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TIL the phrase “forgiveness is easier than permission” can be traced back to Grace Hopper, a Navy officer and programmer

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VMYOZ TIL in a case study patients were given an experimental drug to treat their Parkinsons disease, 11 of the patients experienced intense urges to gamble their money despite little interest in gambling before. Even losing large sums of money. All the patients stopped gambling when tapered off the meds.
y0Ke TIL in 1975 Mattel produced a doll named “Growing Up Skipper.” The doll’s breasts would grow bigger as you turned her arm.
RoE6 TIL that the ‘Fairy Bridge’, the largest natural bridge on Earth, was virtually unknown to the rest of the world until it was observed on Google maps in 2009.
LkgvV TIL that The Sound of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel was originally a flop, which led to the breakup of the duo. A year later a Columbia record producer remixed electric instruments and drums and rereleased the song. It became a huge hit worldwide and gave the duo reason to reunite.
Br5x TIL: On this date in 1877, Thomas Edison suggests using the word hello as a telephone greeting. The idea catches on.