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TIL about Folding@Home and Project 11747
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P1p0E
TIL that in the US bartenders/waiters can be sued by the patrons themselves if they end up drunk and getting into trouble
rgy1
TIL King Cobra is called as “King” becuase it can eat other species of snakes, and their poison doesn’t affect it.
X01pX
TIL that the word ‘sandwich’ came from a lazy dude (the earl of sandwich) who didn’t want to leave the gaming table so just ate sandwiches- cold meat between 2 bits of bread
N7WLJ
TIL Peter Molyneux was operating a baked bean export firm when a confused tech salesman mistakenly gave him 10 free computers. This event jumpstarted his career in video game design and he would go on to create many notable game such as: Dungeon Keeper, Fable and Black & White.
D1wme
TIL after the success of his Lethal Weapon script, Shane Black was asked to write the sequel. His sequel script killed off Martin Riggs and was so dark and violent, the studio never used it, but Black considers it his best. It has never been published.