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TIL Iran punishes acid-attackers by blinding them with acid.

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w8JJ TIL in 2004 Volvo introduced a concept car that was built for women without a hood and dent-resistant bumpers
gMr4X TIL the Chancellor of UC Davis was fired after giving her family jobs with unusual pay hikes. She was later rehired at UC Davis at nearly the same pay rate, with her new job requiring that she teach only ONE class per quarter!
Zp5Za TIL Newton tested the theory of gravitation involving the moon and Earth but found a discrepancy so large that he did not publish it. Six years later, a new measurement of the size of the Earth and distance of the moon came out and Newton recalculated again to show his theory worked
8dvV TIL that the “Golden Age Fallacy” (believing the past is better than the present) has been a popular myth that goes back as far as Ancient Greece and Prehistoric Times.
0dZGj TIL that in 1997, Coldplay invited Tim Rice-Oxley to be their keyboardist. He declined, and instead went on to sell 13 million albums as primary songwriter for the band Keane.