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TIL that a micromort (from micro- and mortality) is a unit of risk defined as one-in-a-million chance of death.

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GYGEj TIL John Williams did the music for Home Alone
ABRd TIL there are sea wolves that live on the coast of British Columbia. They comb the beach for barnacles, herring roe, and beached whales, and some will even even eat salmon. Most of these wolves have never even seen a deer.
DYYr TIL Traditional cheese makers were so threatened by artificial cheese production that they tried to name it “Embalmed Cheese” to decrease sales. The US government had to step in, and the name was formally made “Processed Cheese” which we still use today.
aoXN TIL Clarence Thomas, one of the Supreme Court Justices, hasn’t asked a single question for 7 years during oral arguments. The only time he broke his silence was when he joked that a law degree from Yale might be proof of incompetence.
PYRJw TIL that the inflatable dancing men we see at used car lots today were invented by a Caribbean puppeteer specifically for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics