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TIL Flipping a coin is not random. It is deterministic, and if we knew all variables at the start, we could easily predict how it will land.

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XEZJD TIL Chinese pianist Lang Lang learned to love classical music from a “Tom and Jerry” cartoon. He was just two-and-a-half years old, and was absorbed by the piece, Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody Number II, that both Tom and Jerry played on the piano
x6bDb TIL that some orcas prey on dolphins
G5aJ TIL-Dr Asperger’s real accomplishment was identifying the full autism spectrum. He identified “higher functioning” autistic children to the Nazis in an effort to save them from mass murder in their eugincs program.
LkEwp TIL that after her husband was executed by the King of France, Jeanne de Clisson took to piracy and formed the "Black Fleet" - ships painted in black with red sails that would attack French warships.
jokp TIL that two companies represent 35 percent of South Korea’s GDP: Samsung (23%) and Hyundai (12%)