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TIL: Scott Adams (Dilbert) once wore “a wig and false mustache, [and] successfully impersonated a management consultant and tricked Logitech managers into adopting a mission statement that Adams described as "so impossibly complicated that it has no real content whatsoever”.“

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YPWA TIL In 1818, an Englishman was accused of murder claimed the right to trial by combat. To everyone’s surprise, the law granting him that right was still valid, and he was acquitted when his accuser declined to appear on the “field of honor.” Trial by combat was abolished the next year.
vPXx8 TIL a study found that 4-month old babies that grow up to be introverts cry sooner than extroverts when a noisy rattle is shaken in front of them.
PYPZE TIL a study was conducted involving separating infant twins through an adoption agency to study nature vs nurture . The twins involved in the experiment were never given knowledge of the study and the findings never published. The records are contained at Yale and will not be released until 2066.
Lmov TIL Tony Iommi lost the tips of his middle and ring finger in an accident at the age of 17. He ended up tuning his strings to lower pitches so that the thimbles he had fitted could bend the strings more easily. This lead to Black Sabbath’s distinctive sound and the invention of heavy metal.
QJwvk TIL that the late, great Eddie Van Halen almost never listened to music he wasn't actively involved in. Nor did he revisit his own work , and his car stereo stayed off. He scarcely listened to Pantera either, even though he placed his own axe inside the funeral casket of guitarist Dimebag Darell