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TIL of tyromancy, the practice of telling fortunes with cheese

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nevJP TIL The production company behind Shark Tank used to require contestants to give them 5% equity or 2% of the profits from their companies in exchange for appearing on the show. Mark Cuban threatened to quit over this rule, so producers got rid of it.
mR8x TIL University of Cambridge researchers studying animal cooperation found elephants learned even faster than chimps; “elephants’ understanding of the need to cooperate shows that they belong in an ‘elite group’ of intelligent, socially complex animals.”
KDGw TIL that when asked by his generals on his deathbed on who should succeed him, Alexander the Great may have said the name of one of his generals, “Krateros”. But because Krateros wasn’t around, the generals may have chosen to hear “Kratistos” or “To the strongest.”
xVNJk TIL that as early as 1959 the Russian Luna 3 spacecraft took the first photos of the far side of the Moon and was the first craft to use gravity assistance.
7Ex7 TIL that the founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, is only worth about $1 million dollars.