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TIL that in American Sign Language, the sign for milk is pretending to squeeze an udder, and the sign for pasteurised milk is to pretend to squeeze an udder while it moves “past-your-eyes”

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7lLX TIL that skateboarding legend Tony Hawk has an IQ of 144 and was bullied for being a skater in high school.
rRKje TIL Stan Lee, had a contract awarding him 10% of the net profits of anything based on his characters. The film Spider-Man (2002) made more than $800 million, but the producers claim that it did not make any profit as defined in Lee's contract
ANNnw TIL about lithopedions : stone children - Unborn calcified foetuses
8Ab TIL That Dr. Seuss’ name is actually pronounced to rhyme with ‘voice’
5Y7JP TIL there is a book called "Foundations of Mechanical Accuracy" that explains the process of how to get current tools from nothing. [PDF]