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TIL The coffee cup sleeve was invented by a dad who spilled hot coffee in his lap.

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VBO0G TIL that Sofia—the first robot to get citizenship in any country—was given this status in Saudi Arabia on 2017. This was done in order for Saudi Arabia to position itself as a leader in AI Technology.
neLY9 TIL Victorian upper class society ate ice cream and ices with a specialized fork (that was definitely a spork)
GmAg TIL secular Mohammad Mosaddegh was a democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran who was overthrown by the US CIA for nationalizing the Iranian oil industry. Iran has not known democracy since.
Z8yyB TIL that one of the earliest uses for the term Round Robin was a document signed by multiple parties in a circle to make it more difficult to determine the order in which it was signed, thus preventing a ringleader from being identified, a mutiny on a ship for example.
0Zop TIL according to the book “Light My Fire” by fellow Doors member Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison was in fact singing “I woke up this mornin’ and I got myself a beard”, as the song allegedly tells of Morrison waking up after 3 weeks of drug induced sleep.