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TIL about ‘Nominative Determinism’, the theory that people tend to gravitate towards areas of work that fit their names

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1NxD TIL Beverly Cleary (author of popular children’s books Beezus and Ramona and Henry Huggins) is still alive at 101 years old
nyab TIL The colored dots found on soda cans consist of all the colors used in the can design. If a can makes it through production and a dot is gone, then laborers will be able to trace the problem to a single machine applying that color, without shutting down all of the machines to resolve the problem
5DDD TIL Frank Sinatra was so pissed off at George Michael for lamenting the “tragedy of fame,” he sent him a letter saying “The tragedy of fame is when no one shows up and you’re singing to the cleaning lady”
nPeB TIL: In Ancient Rome, women used opium-soaked tampons to relieve pain
9wZZm TIL that Chris Farley completed most of his recordings for Shrek, and some of that audio was released.