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TIL that an eight day long riot occurred in 1922 because people were wearing “summer hats” past the socially decided date of summer

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j6V1v TIL the 1927 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine was given to Julius Wagner-Jauregg for curing mental illness by giving patients malaria. (He was, in fact, curing them of syphilis because the malaria fevers are so high that they kill the bacteria. The malaria was subsequently cured with quinine.)
9YZ0Q TIL Police in Japan still wear white gloves after The Beatles toured there in 1966 and the authorities were worried about holding crowds of screaming girls back with bare hands.
nWVMb TIL Steven Spielberg was not present for the shooting of the final scene in Jaws because he thought the film crew was going to throw him in the water once the shoot ended. Since then, it has become a tradition for him to be absent when the final scene of one of his films is being shot.
A6p4 TIL Research shows the best way to get over somebody is to get under somebody: “Less time between a break-up and a new relationship generally predicts greater well-being, higher self-esteem, and more respect for a new partner.”
Me7Jm TIL Harvard Business Review suggests playing WoW for teambuilding with a remote boss/team.