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TIL Colin Hanks (Tom Hanks Son) owns a handkerchief company called Hanks Kerchiefs

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VMZ0k TIL that during the Siege of Syracuse (213-212 BC), Greek mathematician Archimedes refused to abandon the geometry equation he was working on during a battle. His last words before being killed by a Roman soldier were: “Don't disturb my circles!”
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