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TIL about Edward Bernays, who helped Lucky Strike co-opt the feminist movement to get women to smoke

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7rjBx TIL there is such a thing as beat deafness, where someone finds it hard or impossible to clap on correct time to a piece of music or dance to it timed well to the music.
Z8WXG TIL sharks are afraid of dolphins
8gRP TIL: Eggo waffles were originally called “Froffles”. “Eggo” was a name people began using to describe the egg-y taste, and the company eventually adopted the name.
kJWn5 TIL about Frazer Lockhart and the Rocky Flats Cleanup Team. Rocky Flats was a nuclear weapons production facility with enough radioactive waste to fill 90 miles of rail cars. Frazer Lockhart, a DoE employee cleaned it up $30 billion under budget and 60 years ahead of schedule.
vj0R TIL that the Iranian rules for stoning adulterers to death call for women to be buried up to their chest and men to be buried up to their waist. Using large stones is not allowed because they could bring death too quickly.