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TIL there is a Calvin and Hobbes search engine

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GYb5E TIL John Boyd Dunlop invented the first (practical) pneumatic tyres to help ease the headaches his son experienced after riding his tricycle over the bumpy cobbled streets of Belfast
7ZGZ TIL that in Japan and China, weak handshakes are preferred as opposed to Anglo countries that prefer firmer handshakes. Gripping too tightly can be considered offensive in some cultures.
EgOx0 TIL that there is a device called the Nasal Ranger that allows for the quantification of how smelly an odor is.
AaGg TIL before the 1986 All-Star Three point shootout, Larry Bird walked in to the locker room where all the other contestants were getting ready and asked “Which one of you motherfuckers is coming in second?”
YpxGr TIL cookie monster doesn't really eat cookies, but instead, rice cakes. This is because the oils in cookies would ruin his fur