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TIL Stephen Hawking is quoted as having said “people who boast about their I.Q. are losers.”

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m1m0R TIL About John Weir Foote a Canadian Army Chaplain from World War II who became the only Canadian Chaplain to be awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Dieppe Raid. Among his actions were loading wounded onto evacuating craft and staying behind to aid those who could not be moved.
v18L TIL in the 80s, Bayer knowingly sold drugs infected with HIV, recalling them in the US but continuing to sell them overseas
Rrp7 TIL when Japanese women laugh they often cover their mouths with their hand. This comes from an old Buddhist notion that showing bone is unclean.
a8xPN TIL: The teacher character in the interstitial tracks of "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" is played by Ras Baraka, current Mayor of Newark NJ and son of writer Amiri Baraka.
mayP TIL Breast Cancer Cure foundation, Susan G. Komen, have been suing other many small charities for using the word “for the cure” in their names or the color pink.