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TIL Section 746 of the 2010 US Dodd–Frank Act, prohibiting securities trading based on non-public info misappropriated from a government source, is called the "Eddie Murphy Rule." The term comes from the 1984 film Trading Places, where characters used insider info to short-sell frozen orange juice.

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j4kp TIL that Mark Haub, a professor at Kansas State University, went on a “convenience store” diet which mainly consisted of Twinkies, Oreos, and Doritos to demonstrate that counting calories is what matters most in weight loss, not the nutritional value in food. He lost 27 pounds in only two months.
gM0lL TIL Polar Bears have black skin.
a8wKJ TIL of French President Paul Deschanel, who fell out of the window of his sleeping compartment. He was discovered wandering about in the dark, in his pyjamas, claiming to be the President of France, in 1920.
0wkwj TIL until the 60's, computing power was measured in "Kilo-girls" as the earliest computers where humans. And, more often than not, female
kJn05 TIL a pickle is a cucumber