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TIL that Nobel Prize-winning physicist Robert Schrieffer (of superconducting BCS theory fame) was sentenced to two years in prison for vehicular manslaughter, when he fell asleep behind the wheel of his sports car going over 100 mph

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ADe1o TIL Tobacco companies in India literally target kids by placing adverts at their eye level, not adults.
VMga4 All of the World's yeast probably originated in China.
awQ7o TIL, after the French Revolution, the new French Government set a new means of keeping time. Days were made of 10 hours, each hour made of 100 minutes, each minute made of 100 seconds. It proved too difficult to keep for more than a decade.
W6Jo TIL that there is a cruise ship travelling the seas that is a actually residential community owned by its residents
d8D4B TIL in 1972 Canada had a contest to complete the saying "As Canadian as...". The winner was "As Canadian as possible under the circumstances."