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TIL that the current latest version of Excel runs on VBA 7, a language that has not been updated in 9 years "because it just works"

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YpkYG TIL that during the 80’s, drunken calls to Hanna-Barbera studios from Flintstones fans curious to know what Barney Rubble did for a living were so common that the security guard in charge of answering the phones at night would simply reply: ‘‘ He worked in the quarry’’.
EkLV TIL one of the main reasons why industrial hemp is illegal was because Dupont had patented nylon, and wanted hemp removed as competition
5VOkn TIL Human dads show a decrease in testosterone immediately after the birth of their babe
v1akx TIL of Sir Jack Brabham who finished the 1959 Formula One race on foot when his car ran out of fuel with 500 yards to go. He pushed the car the rest of the way to clinch the title.
8aaBK TIL dogs tilt their head because they can't resolve the direction of sound vertically, but humans can because of our ear shape