In today's episode:
- TIL of a court in France which stopped a girl being named "Nutella" and forcibly renamed her to Ella in the absence of her parents. The Judge said that the name Nutella would "only lead to teasing or disparaging thoughts," a complaint not heard by her parents as they did not attend the hearing. https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/12ikt0k
- TIL that is not possible to exceed the weight limit (70 lb) of a US Postal Service small flat rate box, even if you filled it with the densest substance on Earth. https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/12eatpb
- TIL: Microsoft tried a 4-day workweek in Japan as part of a “Work Life Choice Challenge” by shutting down offices every Friday. Productivity, measured by sales per employee, increased by almost 40% compared to the same period the previous year. https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/12d8080
- TIL that the neurologist who invented lobotomy (António Egas Moniz) was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for this highly invasive procedure, which is widely considered today to be one of the greatest mistakes of modern medicine. https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/12ivzv8
- TIL After eating the "miracle fruit," very sour foods will taste sweet for 15 to 30 minutes. "Miracle fruit" or Synsepalum dulcificum releases a sweetening potency that alters the taste buds. For about 15 to 30 minutes, everything sour is sweet. Lemons lose their zing and taste like candy. https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/12exgd1