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TIL There are no SI Units named after women

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ZRYG TIL every single Official London Black Cab driver must pass a test called “The Knowledge” in which they have to learn 25.000 streets, 20.000+ landmarks and 320 basic routes that are located within a six-mile radius of Charing Cross. Some people take up to 5 years of studying to pass it.
mxQQM TIL Al Goldstein an American pornographer, In 1989, ran a full page ad in "Screw" offering $1 million for the assassination of the Ayatollah Khomeini, in response to Khomeini's fatwa against novelist Salman Rushdie for allegedly blaspheming Islam.
M7Kb7 Today I learned that Harold Holt - Australian prime minister best known for going missing after a swim - was dating a girl called Viola Thring until his father came along and married her instead
AD1kw TIL Chuck E. Cheese was founded by the same guy who co-founded Atari and invented Pong
40Do TIL that the copyright battle between the owners of Hello Kitty and Miffy ended after the Japanese Tsunami, when they agreed to immediately settle the case and donate their anticipated legal fees to the Tsunami Relief Effort.