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TIL Director Stanley Kubricks personal assistant was assigned many tasks including cutting fresh grass each day, laying it on the carpet for Kubricks cat to roll in, then vacuuming up the grass afterwards.

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R74Kw TIL that Japanese researchers have created a chair that can read a person's "butt fingerprint" by registering an individual's unique contour and pressure distribution. It might one day be used in cars as an anti-theft mechanism.
9O6D TIL During a battle in WW1 an Ottoman Commander told his troops “I do not order you to fight, I order you to die. In the time which passes until we die, other troops and commanders can come forward and take our places”
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