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TIL Gunslinger effect, The quantum physicist Niels Bohr deducted that in a gun dual, the person who draws first loses.

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M7VV TIL that most people using subtitles have no hearing problem at all
oRGA TIL that Kirk Hammett encouraged Les Claypool to audition for Metallica after Cliff Burton died. After not getting the job, James Hetfield said it was because Claypool was “too good” and “should do his own thing.”
VMZa4 TIL: In 2004, a study was conducted to test the correlation between video game usage and surgical performance. It turned out that of the doctors sampled, the surgeons who played video games at least 3 hours a week performed surgeries 27% faster and with 37% less errors than their counterparts!
YpeDx TIL, Rollie Free set the American motorcycle land speed record in 1948 on the Bonneville Salt Flats while lying prone on the motorcycle's rear fender wearing a bathing suit, sneakers, and a shower cap (yes, there is a pic).
KO114 TIL of Arthur Brown, one of Utah’s first two senators elected by their legislature in 1896 after gaining statehood who, after leaving office, was charged with adultery multiple times and shot and killed by his mistress who was acquitted for reasons of temporary insanity.