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

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xVMab TIL about ‘death by misadventure’. In the UK this means a manner (not cause) of death attributed to risks undertaken voluntarily. Amy Winehouse is amongst the people who have died in this way.
5VDAP TIL psychiatrists often overlook a patient’s caffeine intake habits during evaluations, despite its overuse being linked to worsening anxiety, disrupting sleep, and mimicking many common symptoms of psychosis.
epQjE TIL China’s vertical dramas have wild ROI: 20–30 episodes × 30-min series can cost $8M+, while micro-dramas cost as little as $14k, but around $11M+ to market.
LQYdp TIL of the swing riots in 1830 England. Farmers unemployed by new machinery rioted across much of England, which prompted calls for reform. The PM, the Duke of Wellington, suggested the existing constitution was perfect and couldn't imagine reform causing a mob to attack his house and his fall as PM
rRBnM TIL It takes thousands of years for sunlight to travel from the Sun’s core to its surface and then only ~8 minutes to reach us.