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TIL: In 1830, Victor Hugo locked away his clothes to avoid procrastination and leaving the house. He finished "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" in just six months.

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xPk5 TIL there is a rare genetic disorder that causes your urine to turn black as soon as it hits the air. There is no known cure.
kOoA4 TIL in 1969, Brazilian bus drivers were arrested for training beetles to crawl inside fare boxes and carry out the coins. The beetles were also arrested.
WNxX TIL that on August 7th 1994 in Oakville Washington, mysterious gelatinous blobs began falling from the sky that induced illness in a number of people. The blobs were analyzed by scientists and found to contain human white blood cells with no nuclei. The source of the blobs was never uncovered
yQXxe TIL the Star Fleet logo (from Star Trek) is based off the delta symbol. The symbol was first used as early as 1942 by the U.S. Army Air Forces and was used in early Air Force space organization emblems dating back to 1961.
9LG6 TIL Alexis Ohanian said about Digg v4 “You chose to grow with venture capital… this new version of digg reeks of VC meddling. It’s cobbling together features from more popular sites and departing from the core of digg, which was to “give the power back to the people.”