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TIL that scholars believe the first act that set Genghis Khan on the path of becoming a conqueror & creating the Mongol Empire was rescuing his wife Börte from a rival tribe that had kidnapped her

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DKeg TIL: The discoverer of a gene for Green Fluorescent Protein lost his grant, didn’t get tenure, left academe and was working at a car dealership in Huntsville, Alabama, when he learned that former colleagues had won the Nobel Prize using the gene he sequenced.
Wkx7d TIL: Enya has never gone on a concert tour or even performed a solo concert, despite being Ireland’s best selling solo artist and 2nd overall behind U2.
rRAbx TIL After the 2003 film The Cat in the Hat was released and panned by critics, the widow of Dr.Seuss vowed to never allow his work to be adapted in live action again.
WkBA4 TIL Apple sold about 10 million more watches in 2019 than the entire Swiss watchmaking industry combined
ZpVXG TIL there is a Clutter Index which is used in diagnosing hoarding disorders