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ngOB TIL That Mathematical Physicist Arnold Sommerfeld holds the record for the mentoring the highest number of Nobel Laureates, but won none out of the 81 times he was nominated for the same honour
QNgge TIL the Incas had a data storage/sharing device called "quipus" [kee-poos] in which cords of different colors and sizes were used to pass information down through generations by tying knots in them at different intervals. Unfortunately the ability to translate the data has been lost.
lRjK TIL the fastest speeding ticket ever was issued in Texas to a driver who was going 242 MPH in a 75 MPH zone.
rRBp4 TIL that Daniel Day-Lewis’ father was the Poet Laureate of the UK
XjZ6 TIL there exists an “Anti-Cheese” edit of the Phantom Menace, which removes virtually all of Jar-Jar’s dialogue, the racist dialect of the Neimoidians, and the goofy banter of the battle droids.