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TIL hookers were named after General Hooker during the Civil War.

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epNO6 TIL philosopher Joseph Levine’s 1983 paper introduced the “explanatory gap” noting while “Pain is the firing of C fibers” is physiologically valid, it doesn’t make us understand how pain feels. Showing the challenge physicalists face in connecting physical properties to subjective experiences.
Ba4b TIL that Princess Zelda was named after Scott Fitzgerald’s (The Great Gatsby author) wife.
46m5 TIL someone invented a circular sling shot or torus device called a “SlingATron” to launch things into space.
0mO1 TIL A Man Wrote his Own Credit Card Contract Then Sued the Bank for Breaking the Contract’s Terms
0wvNN TIL in Lord of the Rings The Two Towers the majority of the Rohirrim(Riders of Rohan) were actually female stunt riders with fake beards/make up.(30:24)