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TIL That Our Average Normal Temperature May No Longer Be 98.6 Degrees Fahrenheit

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9Y5QX TIL Peter Buck, guitarist of R.E.M., was in an airline incident where he was seen shoving a CD into a drinks trolley thinking it was a CD player, claiming "I am R.E.M." and struggling over a yogurt cup with two flight attendants, which resulted in the cup exploding. He was charged with assault.
yQeap TIL of Planned obsolescence, the practice of making a product obsolete thru various means, such as HP who designed certain inkjet printers and cartridges to shut down on an undisclosed expiration date which prevented consumers from using the ink that remained in the expired cartridge
MeR7 TIL that Islamic Radicals are four times more likely to be Engineers than any other profession [PDF]
KYenB TIL that the 2000 Spanish Paralympics team was later stripped of their medals after 10 of the 12 athletes were found to not be disabled.
OKGX TIL that there used to be a six-wheeled Formula 1 car.