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TIL one of mathematician John von Neumann’s lecturers said “Johnny was the only student I was ever afraid of. If in the course of a lecture I stated an unsolved problem, the chances were he’d come to me at the end of the lecture with the complete solution scribbled on a slip of paper.”

6ELWm TIL that in 2006, dozens of wives and girlfriends of gang members from Pereira Columbia started a “no sex” strike to force gang members to turn in their weapons with the goal of curbing gang violence. In 2010, the city’s murder rate saw the steepest decline in Colombia, down by 26.5%.
5VVb8 TIL that drinking soft drinks every day increases risk of bone fractures by 50% because they contain lots of phosphorus, which the body will absorb in place of calcium, causing calcium deficiency
EgZgo TIL that "miniatures" small illustrations used to decorate manuscripts, are not named after their size but actually draw roots from the Latin verb miniare, "to colour with minium", a red lead
QNGma TIL that the voice actor for SpongeBob SquarePants, Tom Kenny, also voiced the Ice King in Adventure Time and the Mayor in The Powerpuff Girls. His versatility and iconic roles have made him a legend in the world of animation.
nelpr TIL that the famous female pirates Mary Read and Anne Bonny discovered each others' real genders (they were disguising themselves as men) when Bonny told Read that she was attracted to her, causing Read to reveal herself as a female as well