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TIL the FBI Mined Grocery Store Records for Falafel Purchases to Find Iranian Terrorists

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ANpJw TIL that in 2011, Steve Whittaker, Researcher at IBM and Professor of Human Computer Interaction at UCSC, showed that Sorting Email into Folders is Mathematically Inferior to Searching and Scrolling.
jlOX TIL that “Eye of Newt” is not an actual eye, but an archaic name for mustard seed!
gMW6A TIL there are myths of an advanced civilization of red haired people who disappeared after the last ice age (5,000+ years ago)
X06RE TIL depression can be a cause of blindbess
Vjm TIL: There is a bar in Canada named after Zaphod Beeblebrox. And it serves Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters!