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TIL When asked what his IQ was, Stephen Hawking said “I have no idea. People who boast about their IQ are losers.

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lyD1 TIL that there’s very specific protocol for handing out business cards in Japan. You should make sure your business cards are translated into Japanese on one side. Use both hands to pass them out with the Japanese side facing up, and accept others’ cards with both hands.
78NG7 TIL that the Wilhelm scream, which is a sound effect that has been used in over 400 films, was originally titled "Man getting bit by an alligator, and he screams."
WOJB TIL, Palam Kalyanasundaram, donated his entire salary for 30 years, his retirement pension, to the needy. Conferred “The man of the millennium, he also donated the INR 30-crore award money. He is the first person in the world to spend the entire earnings for a social cause.
DDjY TIL in 2012 alone, 6500 US military veterans committed suicide, accounting to roughly 22 per day.
QN9o6 TIL that much like in the movie Dune, you can make earthworms surface by vibrating earth at a specific frequency. This technique is called 'worm grunting' and it consists in driving a stake in the ground and vibrating it using a metal rod. This technique is used to catch worms for fishing bait.