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TIL: Chicago’s nickname “The Windy City” has nothing to do with wind, but rather refers to its politicians who are “full of wind”

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BrAlk TIL that the feeling of getting lost inside a mall known as the Gruen transfer is a form of manipulation.
ANN1d TIL about Junior Bridgeman. He is a former NBA player who spent his offseasons working at Wendy's to better understand how the fast food chain operated. At the peak he owned over 100 Wendy's locations and is worth over $600 million.
ryOM TIL there exist humans with four cones in their eyes (tetrachromats) that can perceive color differences the rest of us cannot. Because it is based on a gene variation of the X chromosome, it is believed that only women can be tetrachromats.
1awkP TIL that a mouse will survive a fall from a skyscraper unharmed, whereas an elephant will explode.
Yn1W TIL, that Patrick Stewart was initially considered for the role of Data, and it took weeks of discussion with Robert Justman, Rick Berman, and the casting director to convince Roddenberry that Stewart was the one they had been looking for to sit in the Captain’s chair.