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TIL Michael Jackson’s Antigravity Lean Was Achieved with Special Shoes

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XEwLD TIL people are smarter in the summer and fall, to such a degree that it is significantly easier to diagnose dementia in the winter. Other species have similar “seasonal plasticity”.
XEZvk TIL Kurt Cobain almost banned Dave Grohl from playing at Nirvana's Unplugged because he didn't like how Grohl sounded playing drums with sticks at the rehearsals. Finally, Grohl perfomed using the wire brushes and sizzle sticks he recieved as an "early Christmas present" from the album's producer.
PnRV TIL the color orange was named after the fruit. Before the English-speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the colour was referred to as “yellow-red” (geoluread in Old English) or “red-yellow.”
wonQ6 TIL that Chevron uses the "Standard" name for one gas station in each state it serves, so it doesn't lose the Standard Oil trademark
rJwM TIL After an 8.0 magnitude earthquake hit Mexico City, nearly all newborn babies survived a collapsed hospital. They are known as “Miracle Babies” for surviving 7 days without nourishment, water, warmth or human contact.