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TIL ‘Cummingtonite’ and was named after the town of Cummington, Massachusetts, where it was discovered in 1824.

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M7Rw8 TIL that English law when discussing trademark infringement uses the "moron in a hurry" standard. It was famously used in Apple Corp. v. Apple Computer, where it was ruled even a moron in a hurry wouldn't confuse the Beatles' label with Apple Computer.
e0XL5 TIL a Chinese woman won the 1992 gold medal in skeet shooting where she was the only woman in the field. Women were then banned from competing until 2000 where a women-only event was added.
m18xO TIL that Ohm's law (Voltage=Current*Resistance) was rejected by the German scientific/education community for over a decade after Georg Ohm published his research
rNrb0 TIL that people who talk to themselves out loud are often more focused and better at problem-solving — psychologists say it helps organize thoughts and regulate emotions
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