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TIL patent offices do not accept applications for perpetual motion machines.

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1aMZW Today I Learned that in Star Wars: A New Hope (1977), pilot Wedge Antilles was played by three people. The first actor (Colin Higgins) was fired after one day on set, and the second actor (Denis Lawson) had a bad accent so a third actor (David Ankrum) dubbed all of Wedge's lines.
QPvX TIL that selective breeding creates language barriers in dogs and makes it harder for them to communicate and socialize normally. [i.e., if Fluffy keeps getting into fights at the dog park, this might be why.]
E1DYW TIL in 1724 Margaret Dickson was hanged but later found still alive. She then was allowed to go free because under Scots Law her punishment had been carried out. Only later were the words “until dead” added to the sentence of hanging
61Y8 TIL In the late 70’s, in protest of homosexuality being classified as an illness in Sweden, Swedes called in sick for work with a case of “feeling a bit homosexual”
DQPre TIL about the Abade de Priscos pudding, a portuguese caramel flan, that use fifteen egg yolks and Prosciutto fat together with sweet wine.