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TIL The Hong Kong Stock Exchange closes for an hour for lunch

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9wOvM TIL Russian mathematician and Fields Medalist Vladimir Voevodsky was expelled from Moscow State University for not attending classes and failing academically. He then got a PhD from Harvard despite no degree and having never applied after being recommended based on several independent publications.
wLkw7 TIL: One of the world's biggest mysteries is a 19' granite monument sitting on one of the highest hilltops in Elbert County, GA. The Georgia Guidestones are engraved in eight different languages and the first of ten guides or commandments etched in stone is: “1. Maintain humanity under 500,000,000”
KYdo4 TIL a group of religious folks in Canada that believed in anarchy, vegetarianism and being naked clashed violently with the government. They detonated bombs and had naked protest parades because they felt their land and children were being unfairly taken from them
v1Xgr TIL Issac Newton stuck a sewing needle under his eyeball, pushed it all the way to the back of his skull, and wiggled it around to test his theory of optics.
erL4 TIL most color laser printers sold today create an invisible code that records where and when a page was printed.