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TIL that 11% Of Americans think HTML is an STD

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XEElj TIL in 1903, Frank Nelson Cole received a standing ovation after an hour-long presentation during which he did not utter a single word and just did calculations on chalkboard to prove that 2^67 - 1 is a composite number.
mxA8P TIL the football huddle originated at Gallaudet University, a school for the deaf, when the team noticed their opponents were trying to read their signs in order to guess their plays.
a80Nb TIL: Ancient Greeks used beacons atop mountains for more than communication of something/nothing; beacons were used to communicate actual words.
E1jJw TIL Dr. Seuss attended Oxford but never received a degree from there as he met his future wife, Helen Palmer, who encouraged him to drop out. Helen would commit suicide leaving Dr. Seuss without any children which is where he famously said "You have 'em, I'll entertain 'em".
awp8L TIL that due to altitude, your tastebud sensitivity to salts and sweets are reduced 30%. And because 80% of what people think is taste is actually smell, the 12% humidity in a pressurized airplane cabin causes odor receptors not to function, food tastes twice as bland than on the ground.