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TIL Cliché is an onomatopoeia of the noise made by a printing press when something is printed over and over again, or in other words “Stereotyped”

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X0r6X TIL Thomas Knoll built an image processing program to help with his Ph.D. work. With inputs from his brother John, he built a software package. Initially, they licensed the distribution rights to Adobe & 7 years later (in 1995) sold the rights to Photoshop for $34.5m. Thomas never finished his Ph.D.
l70aB TIL of Umarell, an Italian subculture of older men who spend their time watching roadworks and construction sites.
xVog TIL Coca-Cola makes a cane sugar version of its soda during Passover in the US. Look for the yellow cap.
78Rxp TIL: People infected with a parasite that reproduces in cats are more likely to pursue entrepreneurial and business-related activities. In countries with higher infection rates, fewer people cite a “fear of failure” as a deterrent to a new business venture.
4kBMR TIL that there's a condition called Fregoli delusion, where individuals believe that different people they meet are actually the same person in disguise.