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TIL that a 1992 graduate thesis in Mathematics at the University of British Columbia proved that it was mathematically impossible to play an infinite game of Tetris.

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wL7XJ Today i learned that you can use 3 fingers to measure the most comfortable width of your mouth. Chefs use it for burgers
J1J1j TIL in 1958, King Saud of Saudi Arabia plotted to assassinate Egyptian President Nasser by shooting down his flight to Cairo. When Nasser made his speech, he waved the cheque used to pay for his assassination to the crowd
v1wwj TIL the Lo-Fi girl video was a livestream, and that it had been running for 1.5 years before the channel got suspended in error, creating the longest running YT video
NXbm6 TIL it is virtually impossible to die from sinking to the bottom and suffocating if you get trapped in quicksand
DQvyj TIL of Brent Hershman, a second-assistant cameraman on the 1997 movie “Pleasantville” - who died in a car accident after working 19 hours on the film’s set. His death sparked industry-wide demands for shorter workdays and inspired a 2006 documentary by filmmaker Haskell Wexler.