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TIL: it’s illegal for offices in NYC to require men to wear ties without also requiring women to wear ties

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QN0BL TIL Jain scriptures dated from the 6th century B.C. propose the existence of "nigodas," tiny creatures living everywhere, in the tissues of plants and animals. It wasn't until 1646 when Athanasius Kircher wrote that milk and vinegar were "abound with an innumerable multitude of worms"
5YL98 TIL of Kirk Alexander, a man who ordered from his local Domino's almost every night for 10 years. When he hadn't ordered anything for 11 days at the end of 2016, the manager of that Domino's grew concerned, sent a deliveryman to check up on him and called 911. He was found in critical condition.
OGg6Y TIL Lego almost went bankrupt in the 1990s but was saved in part by the unexpected success of Bionicle.
VBJGB TIL about Capesize ships, the largest dry cargo ships with a deadweight tonnage of over 170,000 tons. They are called "capesize" because, until 2009, they were too large to transit the Suez Canal and had to pass Cape Horn to traverse between oceans.
j6JOQ TIL: In 1915, the New York Philharmonic received complaints about loud knitting, so the directors politely asked patrons to not knit during concerts.