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TIL that in 2008 an app called "I Am Rich" was released for a day. It had absolutely no purpose, cost $999.99, and eight people bought it just to show that they could afford it.

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NXynP TIL that the Bluetooth logo is a combination of two Viking-Era Younger Futhark runes that are analogous to the Latin letters “H” and “B”, initials of King Harald “Bluetooth” Gormsson who united Norway and Denmark in 958 CE, and whose moniker is believed to come from the color of his dead tooth.
QoL9 TIL that navel lint is caused by hairs around the stomach operating as a “one-way ratchet mechanism” that removes fibers from inside your clothes and deposits them into your navel
pYore TIL in 1897 when British railway pioneer Magnus Volk wanted to extend his railway line to Rottingdean, he created the "Daddy Long Legs", a unique electric tram atop four 23' tall legs that ran on tracks submerged in the ocean. At high tide it moved at "a very slow walking pace."
l7GJG TIL that one theory suggests that human hair loss, particularly on the face and genitals, is linked to enhanced emotional communication. By shedding fur, humans could more effectively express and perceive nonverbal cues through facial color changes.
drEZ TIL in 1955, Hugh Hefner agreed to publish in Playboy a short story about straight men being persecuted in a world where homosexuality was the norm. In response to the criticism, Hefner replied, “If it was wrong to persecute heterosexuals in a homosexual society then the reverse was wrong, too.”