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TIL: US District Judge William Alsup learnt Java in order to better judge the Oracle vs. Google case

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vPGjj TIL contemporary hunter gatherers in Tanzania were estimated to have consumed as much as 100 grams of fiber per day.
QJoBL TIL 1 gram of Polonium-210 could kill 50,000,000 people, while giving another 50,000,000 severe radiation sickness.
XErpj TIL a Canadian university student wore the same pair of $165 Levi jeans for 330 days straight, without washing them. He and his professor found no measurable difference in bacterial growth on the jeans from wearing them for 15+ months straight compared to just 13 days.
ADaZB TIL of the 'Unwritten Adjective Rule'. "Adjectives in English absolutely have to be written in this order: opinion-size-age-shape-colour-origin-material-purpose Noun."
Z8kjD TIL the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft in Berlin was a pioneering facility for sexuality and gender studies which was set back incalculably after the Nazis burned all of their records in 1933.