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TIL Pythagorean cup is a cup that automatically empties itself if you fill it too much.

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69N1Y TIL that Shane MacGowan and Kirsty MacColl never recorded the Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" together in the studio. The record's producer, Steve Lillywhite, asked MacColl, his wife, to record the woman's part as a guide for someone else, but MacGowan liked it and rerecorded his part to match hers.
VMdOG TIL R-12 ballistic missiles deployed to Cuba during Cuban Crisis were manufactured in Ukraine
nex9Y TIL Stephen King threw away the first few pages of Carrie until his wife fished it out of the trash can and said she liked it and would help him with the female perspective. The book would become his first published novel and wildly successful, launching his $400 million career.
wWQ8 TIL the Commodore 64 computer dominated the US computer market during the mid-80s, outselling IBM PC compatibles and Apple computers.
wL5pM TIL only 20 slam dunks have been made in WNBA history, and 13 of them were made by a single player—Brittney Griner.