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TIL the Japanese word "Matchpump" マッチポンプ means "Stirring up trouble to get credit from the solution."

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4kvoo Today I learned of Eben Byers, 1920s industrialist and amateur golf champion who died of "generalized cancer" after drinking 1,400 doses of a quack remedy containing radium. At the end of his life, "holes were actually forming in his skull".
0wJdR TIL the pocket calculator, patented in 1967, was one of the earliest uses of rechargable batteries. One of the creators, Jerry Merryman, saw it not just as a pocket calculator, but as an "electionic revolution," bringing buttons, thermal printing, and rechargable batteries to the forefront.
nWJkr TIL In 1835 The New York Sun published a series of articles claiming that there were bat-like humanoids living on the moon. The stories were entirely fictional, but they fooled some readers at the time.
Z8w6v TIL that there is a "Name of the Year Award". Past winners include Leo Moses Spornstarr, Crescent Dragonwagon, Amanda Miranda Panda, Shamus Beaglehole, and Vanilla Dong.
DQnJJ TIL That Country With Highest Divorce Rate are Madlives And Smallest is Vietnam