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TIL Teflon’s first use was in the Manhattan project.
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TIL that in the UK, people with last names descended from Norman Conquerors(Percy, Darcy, Baskerville) are more likely to be wealthy, have better social standing and over-represented in top universities.
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TIL about British Double Summer Time. During WW2, after moving an hour forward for DST in 1940, they didn’t roll back in fall. They moved forward again in spring of ‘41, resulting in being 2 hours ahead. It helped people finish their day and get home with some extra light during enforced blackouts.
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TIL: Mel Brooks put on a prosthetic 11th finger for adding his hand print on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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TIL Mt. Everest was involuntarily named after George Everest, the surveyor-general of India. Andrew Waugh hoped to honor his predessor. When Everest found out, he hated the idea because the Sherpa people couldn't pronounce his name, and it didn't translate to Hindi. Waugh did it anyway.
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TIL Orville Redenbacher paid an advertising consultant $13,000 to to name his popcorn “Orville Redenbacher”.