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TIL while the fear that technological unemployment inevitably generates structural unemployment is known as the ‘Luddite Fallacy’, the Luddites themselves were actually put out of their jobs by new tech, and were brutally crushed when they revolted

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jNAJj TIL when scientists first studied ceratioid anglerfish, they noticed all the specimens were female and had tiny parasites attached. Then they realized the “parasites” were the male anglerfish.
oBVDr TIL about Polyphonic Singing (ie, singing two or more different notes at the same time)
N4LJ TIL that madonna uploaded an album of her to p2p sites with all of the songs in the loop of her saying “what the fuck you think you’re doing?” and in retort a hacker defaced her website with direct links to the album saying “This is the fuck i think im doing”
nex49 TIL that freestyle in swimming technically means you can swim in any style; however the front crawl is synonymous with freestyle since it is the fastest and most efficient stroke.
p5RZ TIL that the American flag used by the Apollo 11 crew was purchased at Sears for $5.50