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TIL that Einstein didn't wear socks

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8aB94 TIL Actor Kit Harington is a direct descendant of Robert Catesby, the mastermind behind the plot to blow up parliament. Kit also plays Catesby in the BBC drama Gunpowder, retelling the story behind the plot.
9Y05p TIL about Three gods riddle, one of the hardest logic puzzle ever, created by logician Raymond Smullyan.
GAo85 TIL of Mallows Bay, where over 200 wooden ships were abandoned and burned at the end of WWI. Now the shipwrecks are a thriving ecosystem and the site is a National Marine Sanctuary.
ELEV TIL “Kintsukuroi” is the Japanese art of repairing pottery with gold or silver lacquer and understanding that the piece is more beautiful for having been broken.
W7j8X TIL that Japan's most luxurious car the Century has not been positioned and marketed as a sign of wealth or excess. Marketing literature states roughly that, "the Century is acquired through persistent work, the kind that is done in a plain but formal suit."