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TIL that the egg industry puts male and female chicks on a conveyor belt and after picking out the males, throws them into a grinding machine alive.

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XZvR TIL The “Body Mass Index” (BMI) was never intended to be applied to individuals but continues to be used as such because it is, “quicker, easier, and cheaper.”
0py1 TIL the greatest weight ever lifted by a human being was for backlifting 6270 pounds (2840 kg) that was raised slightly off trestles by Paul Edward Anderson.
lrJB TIL Brian Wilson, co-founder of the Beach Boys, was quoted saying “Once you’ve been labeled a genius, you have to continue it or your name becomes mud. I am a victim of the recording industry. I didn’t think I was a genius. I thought I had talent. But I didn’t think I was a genius.”
xVj70 TIL that on the Mississippi River in the 1850s, the word "two" was often pronounced "twain." When leadsmen measured a depth of two fathoms, they shouted "mark twain!" The American writer Mark Twain, a former river pilot from Missouri, got his pen name from this phrase.
6E4yZ TIL only one pre-9/11 tenant has returned to work at the new One World Trade Center: Greg Carafello. His company was located on the 18th floor of the South Tower and his current offices are on the 85th floor of 1WTC.