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TIL Albert Einstein credited the writing of 18th century philosopher David Hume --who argued that universal time independent of an observer’s viewpoint doesn’t exist -- as key to helping him formulate his theory of special relativity.

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yZr8 TIL the 77 cent to the dollar statistic is significantly skewed, in fact young childless women actually earn more than their male counterparts.
XEvm6 TIL lawns take up a roughly equally sized area of the US as Texas does
OGxge TIL the first known recipe for a PB&J sandwich dates back to 1901
yyQV TIL At JFK’s request his 19 year old mistress, Mimi Alford performed oral sex on his Special Assistant, David Powers, while JFK watched. He later apologised to them both.
pN0O TIL that a Japanese magazine illegally released the names of juveniles tried and convicted for the rape, torture, and murder of a 16 year old girl, saying that “human rights aren’t needed for brutes.”