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TIL that the shape of an Pringle is called »hyperbolic paraboloid«

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dM17 TIL that despite a rate of gun ownership among the highest, Switzerland has one of the lowest murder rates in the world.
kO4L4 TIL Studies have shown that between 99.0% and 99.9% of all participants in multi-level marketing schemes lose money.
Lk8Ap TIL that the first episode of 'The Ed Sullivan Show' - the show that gave America its first looks at Elvis, the Beatles, and the Doors, among other acts - is considered lost. What makes this extra tragic is that it is also the TV debut of the team of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
e0bZ6 TIL Intelligence officers often use the acronym MICE to describe the four main motives for spying: Money, Ideology, Compromise, Ego
kOD77 TIL about "Deafheads" who held balloons against their bodies in order to hear/feel the music at Grateful Dead concerts