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TIL There is a theorem inspired by the division into slices of a pizza, presented in 1967 and still under study today.

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1a7jO TIL of the great escape attempt of Juan, an Andean spectacled bear in Berlin zoo. Juan paddled across a moat using a log as a raft, scaled a wall and then finally appeared to commandeer a bicycle before being shot with a tranquiliser gun.
X7bk TIL the Sir Isaac Newton quote “If I have seen further than others, it is only because I was standing on the shoulders of giants,” in its original context, was an insult to Robert Hooke, a short and mildly hunchbacked scientist who claimed Newton stole his work from.
xVdmo TIL People built a statue of “Kabang” a hero dog that got her face disfigured after saving two girls from a speeding motorcycle. She died last year, almost a decade after her heroic action
l7x15 TIL that Orson Welles had a marijuana garden at his Las Vegas home, which he personally tended.
epGb TIL Modern pop music is engineered to cause a rush of dopamine and addict you to it. Even if you claim you hate it, your brain loves it.