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TIL that Richard Feynman, brilliant physicist, would frequently go to a strip club to work on his calculations, stopping to look at the girls when he was having difficulty.

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grENA TIL that the oldest surviving creation myth (the Sumerian Eridu Genesis) written in 1600 BCE tells of a massive flood. There is also archaeological evidence that a ‘continuity disrupting’ flood occurred at around 2900 BCE.
9Pkp TIL there is a species of deer with fangs.
vP4kL TIL of the 'Sicarii', a group of Jewish zealots who are regarded as one of the earliest known organized assassination units of cloak and daggers, predating the Order of Assassins and Japanese ninja by centuries.
JoMB TIL Thomas Jefferson built a clock on the outside wall of his house with only an hour hand, as he believed an hour hand would be accurate enough for his slaves
b8M9 TIL there is a Penny Lobby in the United States to keep the one cent coin in circulation even though it is produced at a loss. The lobby was hired by Jardin Zinc Products, who is the sole provider of penny blanks to the U.S. Government.