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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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RJ98 TIL “hedgehog’s dilemma” describes hedgehogs’ inability to cuddle for warmth due to their spikes, and is a metaphor for the challenges of human intimacy.
PYvxO TIL the Japanese beetle trap bags cause an increase in damaged plants as it brings more beetles to an area
One6 TIL that the first person to discover a full dinosaur skeleton was crushed and nearly killed by a landslide. She was also banned from The Geological Society Of London for being a working class woman.
gM1vy TIL Eleanor Roosevelt held weekly press conferences and allowed female journalists to attend, forcing many news organizations to hire their first female reporters
yQ4ya TIL that one of the key early fundraising tools for the Nazi Sturmabteilung was operating their own cigarette company.