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TIL Futurama writer Ken Keeler invented and proved a mathematical theorem strictly for use in the plot of an episode

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wYJ8 TIL That as a peasant of the feudal age you had no right to mill you own grain. Millwrights would come to your house and break your milling equipment to enforce their monopoly. This is the reason many quern-stones are found in broken condition.
JJyQ TIL when super-wealthy heir, John du Pont, shot and killed Olympic gold medalist Dave Schultz in cold blood and in front of multiple witnesses, he returned to his mansion and discussed terms of surrender on the phone with the police for two days.
8eGQG TIL in 1921, the Football Association of England issued an edict, part of which read "the game of football is quite unsuitable for females and ought not to be encouraged"
8rbK TIL that there is an act called the “Read the Bills Act,” that would require the U.S. Congress to read the legislation of a bill before they vote on it. It has been in limbo since 2006.
awBYJ TIL Geese Can Fly Over Mt. Everest. The geese have been directly recorded at heights of more than 7,000m (23,000 ft) and mountaineers have claimed they have seen the birds fly over Mount Everest.