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Today I Learned a Futurama writer with a PhD in applied math created a mathematical theorem just for the purpose of using it in a Futurama episode to expose young people to higher level math.

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Y7gN7 TIL that Caillou the Canadian animated series had a British dub!
p8lyb TIL Carlsberg Laboratory, owned by the Danish brewer, was where the pH scale was invented, and where the first stable commercial beer yeast was isolated (Saccharomyces pastorianus/Saccharomyces carlsbergensis), along with many other scientific innovations
awJ1b TIL that in a legal battle after the September 11th attacks, the leaseholder of the WTC claimed that he was owed double insurance payments, as each attack was a separate event, but lost in court, in which the jury decided it was actually one attack
leyA TIL the Catholic Church has an official position on Jesus’ blood type. It’s AB.
W7Lx4 TIL that about 90% of species in Hawaii are endemic, which means they are only found in that geographic area.