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TIL the very first video rental store, which opened in Germany in 1975, is still in operation

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69R0X TIL Stephen Hawking enjoyed reading Leonard Mlodinow 's book "Euclid’s Window" so much that he invited him to coauthor, resulting in "A Briefer History of Time" and "The Grand Design". When waiting for Hawking's response, Mlodinow learned to slow down his thought processes and assess his own ideas
K0A6 TIL that the speculated inventor of Tiramisu “does not have the time or the energy” to prove it, and claims it is “just a desert”. He currently runs a small family restaurant in Little Italy, Baltimore. MD
kOegm TIL our subconscious brain uses height as a measurement to determine social status and authority. That’s why CEOs of big companies tend to be taller than average people. Surveys have uncovered that almost 90% of CEOs were above 6”00 (Fortune 500 CEOs are 6”2 on average)
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690mX TIL that green/blue screens were actually developed in the 1930s