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TIL The Great Pyramid has eight sides, not four sides

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yQVgv TIL that Sir Richard Branson dislikes the formality of neck ties so much that he often carries around a pair of scissors with him, ready to cut the ties off of unsuspecting tie wearers. He even has a cushion that he keeps at his home on Necker Island made up from the ties of some of his victims.
4XyY6 TIL about the mosquito alarm, a device used to repel teenagers by emitting a high pitched sound that can only be heard by younger people
4kNga TIL a 19th century self-help movement called “Ralstonism” (named after author Everett Ralston) convinced the Purina Mills folks to rename their company Ralston-Purina. The name “Everett Ralston” was a pseudonym and the man never existed.
0bep TIL that Stephen Spielberg held onto the script for Schinlder’s List for a decade before he began filming as he didn’t feel mature or experienced enough to do it justice. During this time, he offered the script to numerous directors including Polanski, Pollack and Scorsese who all turned it down.
W7YZA TIL that the cerebellum, despite only taking up 10% of the brain's volume, has more neurons than the rest of the brain put together.