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TIL 99% of what the British Museum owns isn’t on display.

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N7y0E TIL over 15 to 20 networks rejected the Duffer Brothers' "Stranger Things" series, saying no one would be interested in a Sci-Fi horror that revolves around kid protagonists. One executive said they need to make it a kids show or have an adult character (Jim Hopper) be the main protagonist instead.
D1mDp TIL that variable gears on a bicycle predate the motor vehicle by almost 20 years.
KYvVG TIL Benjamin Franklin is frequently quoted as the author, but he never said "Democracy can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury."; that is a misquote of a scottish monarchist who hated democracy
9WY6 TIL A mantis shrimp (2-5 inches big) was provoked by a researcher, and the animal punched its aquarium wall, shattering the glass and flooding the office. Turns out the mantis shrimp’s punch is so fast, it boils the water around it when delivered.
woVmE TIL most tornados occur between 3pm and 7pm