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ANdKx TIL that in 1994, a nutrition researcher published a groundbreaking discovery in diabetes care and named it after herself. Nobody noticed that it was just basic calculus, known for over 2,000 years.
9XvM TIL Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra couldn’t stand each other. On the set of Guys and Dolls, Sinatra referred to Brando as “Mumbles,” so in a scene where Sinatra had to eat cheesecake Brando kept deliberately screwing up his lines so Sinatra had to keep eating more and more cheesecake in retakes.
raJy TIL When Stalin’s son attempted suicide by shooting himself, Stalin’s response to finding out he would survive was “He cant even shoot straight”.
o4OA TIL there was a book written in 1998 predicting the value of beanie babies in 2008. Written as an investment guide, some were rated as high as $1000-$2000.
XE1LQ TIL of 21-year-old Lieutenant Zvika Greengold, an Israeli tank officer who fought in the Yom Kippur War for 30 hours straight, destroyed up to 60 enemy tanks (swapping his own every time he sustained damage), and fooled the Syrians into believing they were facing a company sized force.