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TIL a study by the London School of Economics found that the place human beings feel most miserable is work.

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aw179 TIL that one of the pioneers of the pneumatic tyre,John Dunlop,came across his idea when his son kept having headaches when cycling. He inflated some tubes of rubber and attached them to his son's tricycle - it was a hit and he went on to found one of the largest companies in the early 20th century.
oRZ8A TIL that the Main Theme to Terminator was basically freehanded and ended up in an absurd 13/16 time signature.
B8ey TIL The Little Shop of Horrors was reportedly the fastest film ever made. It was written in a single night, rehearsed in three days, and shot in two days and one night, all to finish by New Year’s 1960 when a new industry practice started to pay actors residual fees
GY6Vg TIL that soldiers have been drawing Phallic objects on walls since at least A.D. 207 archaeologists evidence shows Roman Soldiers would Graffiti Hadrian's Wall with them.
vP0QR TIL the Star-Spangled Banner has an unofficial fifth verse, written by the poet Oliver Wendell Holmes at the beginning of the Civil War. Unlike the familiar verse, it's not about a foreign enemy. It's about the foe from within.