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TIL Danish philosopher Søren Kirkegaard published his works using amusing pseudonyms (perhaps best of all, Hilarius Bookbinder). Everyone in Copenhagen knew that Søren was the author, so at times he added to the title page of a book the scholarly note that it had been “edited by Søren Kierkegaard.”

wo8Q1 TIL a study by researchers at Connecticut College in 2013 discovered that Oreos activate the same “pleasure center” in the brains of lab rats that were activated by cocaine and morphine. The researchers also found that the rats liked to eat the crème filling first
0dbBM TIL the 1944 Nobel Prize went to male German physicist Otto Hahn solo for the discovery of nuclear fission, despite the fact he had done the work in collaboration with Lise Meitner, a German Jewish woman forced into exile who had in fact even been the first to use the term 'fission' and explain it
XEdLj TIL Two beer drinkers in California sued the Kona Brewing Co. in 2017 for deceptive marketing and branding, believing their products to be made exclusively in Hawaii. Kona does in fact make beer in 5 different states, including Hawaii, and labels their products accordingly.
VmRp TIL due to his cameos in the Marvel movies, Stan Lee is the 4th highest grossing actor of all time.
X0GlQ TIL In 1996, a 3-year-old boy fell into a gorilla enclosure, injured & surrounded by 7 gorillas. Binti Jua, a female gorilla with her baby on her back, cradled the boy & safely handed him to zookeepers. Her maternal instincts made headlines worldwide.