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TIL that the idea to start Nvidia happened in a Dennys
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TIL about “Latchkey Incontinence” - a phenomenon where the urge to urinate gets stronger the closer you are to a bathroom. One example would be when you put your key in your front door when returning home from work.
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TIL That the only natural forest in Greenland is in Qinngua Valley in southern Greenland, only 9 miles long. The surrounding local geography protects the valley floor just enough to support the tree growth despite the sub-Arctic climate.
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TIL of John Graham, who hated his mother so much he hid 25 sticks of dynamite and a timed detonator in her suitcase before a flight. It was one of the first ever attacks of a commercial flight; all 44 aboard died.
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TIL that right before WW2, the US created the "Logan Bar," a chocolate bar that deliberately tasted "a little better than a boiled potato" as an emergency ration to prevent soldiers from snacking on it outside of emergency situations.
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TIL in 1914 the wife of the French PM assassinated a newspaper editor to prevent him from leaking that she and her husband had been dating while still married to their previous spouses. She was acquitted for 'uncontrollable female emotions'