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TIL that for any three spheres that touch each other, you can find a "necklace" of six spheres that touch all of them. This necklace is called a Soddy's Hexlet.

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LQ6E9 TIL rhesus macaque monkeys from Asia were released in Florida's Silver Springs park 100 years ago. Today there are thriving colonies across Florida, many carrying Herpes B (which is harmless to monkeys but deadly to humans). 50 people have been infected with Herpes B and 21 have died since 1932.
8gkb TIL Chef Boyardee was a real and talented chef that catered President Wilson’s wedding reception.
Gbm4 TIL that Adobe doesn’t like when people use “Photoshop” as a verb. Instead of saying “That image was photoshopped,” they want you to say “The image was enhanced using Adobe® Photoshop® software.”
amWo TIL that Albert Einstein wrote an essay about how our politicians and media only represent the interests of the top 1% and how they use misinformation to prevent citizens from coming to objective conclusions or making intelligent use of their political rights.
OoNOL TIL in 1992 the Natural Law Party only got 0.19% of the UK vote, despite a nearly £1 million campaign and a celebrity endorsement and fundraiser from George Harrison.