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TIL retired porn star Asia Carerra wrote the code for her website she built herself, and is a member of the high IQ club, Mensa International

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YOGB TIL a fan letter from a pistol expert to Ian Fleming saw the introduction of a more robust pistol for James Bond. This expert, Geoffrey Boothroyd, was then written into the novels… you’d know him as Q.
9wQ47 TIL that the oldest known piece of jewelry is a set of 100,000-year-old beads made from Nassarius shells, found in a cave in Morocco.
R7nmQ TIL that when Robert Ballard asked the Navy to fund his search for the Titanic, they told him to secretly survey two sunken US nuclear subs first, to keep the USSR in the dark. After the covert mission was done, Ballard's team had only 12 days to find the Titanic.
oRBv8 TIL in the 1990s, the New Jersey Nets asked the NBA to change their name to the Swamp Dragons. The league spent $500,000 to protect the name. The NBA owners voted 26-1 to approve the change. The Nets were the lone no vote, who changed their mind, infuriating then commissioner David Stern.
E0p0 TIL there is a rule in MLB that forces pitchers with tattoos on their arms to wear long sleeves, called the Justin Miller rule.