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TIL: when an older scientist loses touch with scientific reality and goes berserk the polite term to describe this is “going emeritus”

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5V9x8 TIL the first known internet-based crowdfunding occurred in 1997 when fans of the British rock band Marillion raised $US60,000 via an internet campaign to fund a US tour. Inspired by its success, in 2001 the band asked fans to pre-order an album before it was recorded. Over 12,000 fans did.
W7Oa8 TIL per a report released by the federation of American scientists, the United States government produces more classified information then unclassified.
5Yao9 TIL that India requires voting booths within 2 km of every registered voter. This means some poll workers trek for days through mountains and jungles to reach small, remote villages, sometimes for only a single registered voter.
epeQ5 Til that the actor who played Mr Bean and Blackadder, Rowas Atkinson fist studied engineering
VZbZ TIL Australia remained in the Stone Age until European contact in the 17th century.