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TIL A “Keynesian beauty contest” describes why certain commodities are traded not for what they are intrinsically worth, but what others believe they are worth, creating an iteration of valuation belief — like a beauty contest where the judge chooses a winner by guessing the audience’s choice.

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kOMVB TIL IBM donated an International Translator System for use at the Nuremberg Trials, which brought the trial to life through simultaneous interpretation of English, Russian, French, and German delivered to 600 headsets with five audio channels. Later, IBM sold the proven system to the United Nations.
9Y6L6 TIL that there is a battery-powered bell that was set up in 1840 and has run nearly continuously ever since. It holds the Guinness World Record as "the world's most durable battery delivering ceaseless tintinnabulation (a ringing or tinkling sound).
Zp9mB TIL The Rocky Horror Picture Show is still in limited release after 47 years making it the longest-running theatrical release in film history
BKNb TIL of a Cynic named Diogenes who had no regard for wealth or honor. He was once sitting outside when Alexander the Great approached and asked if he wanted anything; he replied, “yes, stand a little out of my sun.” The awestruck king said “truly if I were not Alexander, I would wish to be Diogenes.”
6EDMY TIL Sea Silk, one of the rarest fabrics in the world, is secreted by Pen Shell mollusks to attach themselves to rocks or the seafloor. When harvested from these mollusks and woven into thin fibers the silk is even lighter and smoother than conventional silk.