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TIL - “The death of the chemistry set is almost an unintended consequence of the rise in consumer protection laws.”

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vGnR TIL that depressed people cannot perceive color as well - the world literally turns grayer
GMd1 TIL in 1808, Monsieur de Grandpre and Monsieur de Pique dueled for the love of a woman in a hot air balloon fight 900 yards above Paris. The duel ended when Grandpre’s shot punctured Pique’s hot air balloon, causing Pique to plummet to his death.
nW9bG TIL that there are 167 Zoroastrian fire temples in the world, of which 150 are in India. Of these only 9 (1 in Iran and 8 in India) are the main temples known as atash behrams and the remaining are the smaller temples known as agiarys.
b1Op TIL Norm Macdonald was at the last question on Do you want to be a millionare for charity. After he answered the last question, which was right, Regis Philbin kept saying “are you sure” so many times that Norm passed. This ended with 500.000 going to charity instead of 1.000.000.
mxvkM TIL almost all calico cats are female. The gene for coat color is on the female (X) chromosome. To get a calico coat, a cat must have a black gene from one parent and an orange gene from the other parent, resulting in all XX females. Sometimes a male calico is born who is XXY, but they're sterile.