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TIL of "Newton's flaming laser sword, a philosophical razor which states that "what cannot be settled by experiment is not worth debating." It was supposedly named this because it not only "undoubtedly cuts out the crap, [but] also seems to cut out almost everything else as well."

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QRJp TIL: Leonard Cohen wrote more than 80 verses for Hallelujah before deciding which made the final cut for the song.
wLxVY TIL that Kirsty MacColl, successful British singer / songwriter and daughter of the composer of "Dirty Old Town", died when she was diving in Mexico, pushing her 15 year old son out of the way of a speeding powerboat that ran her over.
oBmXo TIL that when your turn signal starts blinking twice as fast it means one of your bulbs is out.
ADJVB TIL that, many years after chewing gum had been around, in 1906, the first BUBBLE gum ever sold was called Bilbber-Blubber
Mmg8 TIL in 2003, archaeologists found 20,000 year old human footprints in the Australian Outback of a male they called T8. Scientists determined he was running 23 mph in mud, barefoot, and was even accelerating before the tracks stopped. Usain Bolt’s record for running speed is 27.44 mph.