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TIL, there is such a thing as a rock climbing treadmill.

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16vZV TIL The man with the longest name is the german-american typesetter, Hubert Blaine Wolfe­schlegel­stein­hausen­berger­dorff Sr. + 666 Sr (with the 666 to designate the number of letters in the full surname)
m10xp TIL of the curb cut effect, which describes the phenomenon of accessibility features designed for the disabled benefitting those without a disability. An example is many hearing people used closed captioning.
kKXE TIL the ‘Hollywood Accounting’ dispute surrounding Forrest Gump was resolved last year. The rights to the second book have now been acquired. As a result, it is likely we will get a Forrest Gump movie sequel.
KOZw9 TIL hummingbirds consume between 3.14 - 7.6 calories per day and a human with similar metabolism would consume about 155,000 calories in a day.
r7r0 TIL that “God rest you merry” is an archaic way of expressing good wishes, so the Christmas carol is “God rest you merry, gentlemen” not “God rest you, merry gentlemen”