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TIL there's a holiday called 'Buy Nothing Day' an international day of protest against consumerism & 'Black Friday.' Participants wander around shopping malls or other consumer havens with a blank stare.
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Submitted November 04, 2019 at 02:33AM by Sugarcola
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TIL Howie Mandel got expelled from high school for impersonating a school official and hiring a construction company to build an addition onto the school
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Submitted November 04, 2019 at 07:28AM by ErwinFurwinPurrwin
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TIL a researcher spent her career studying what differentiates successful from unsuccessful people. She found grit, which she defines as "passion and perseverance for long-term goals", to be the main determinant of success, at least as good as IQ or socio-economic status at predicting life outcomes.
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Submitted November 04, 2019 at 10:53AM by DioriteLover
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TIL that public guillotine executions in France were stopped after someone recorded the execution of convicted murderer Eugene Weidmann.
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Submitted November 04, 2019 at 07:35AM by purrgatory920
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TIL the term “Suspension of disbelief,” defined as a "willingness to suspend one's critical faculties . . . for the sake of enjoyment" refers to one of Aristotle’s principles of theater in which the audience accepts fiction as reality so as to experience a catharsis.
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Submitted November 04, 2019 at 12:12PM by mstam1983
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TIL the slippers of Dorthy in the Wizard of Oz book are silver but were changed to red for the movie to contrast better with the yellow brick road
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Submitted November 04, 2019 at 06:39AM by where_is_my_monkey
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TIL that when a male honey bee climaxes during sex, his testicles explode and he dies.
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Submitted November 04, 2019 at 02:41PM by poPliNm0
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TIL Dominos Pizza awards all store managers who achieve $25,000 in sales a week for four consecutive weeks with a customized Rolex watch, in a contest called "The Rolex Challenge".
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Submitted November 04, 2019 at 04:03PM by sansokdk
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TIL that Trader Joe's hides a stuffed animal in a majority of their stores and if your child finds it they get a prize
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Submitted November 04, 2019 at 05:27PM by doclsd
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TIL that in 2002 a UK man asked the court if he could settle his minor dirivng fine with a 'trial by combat', the court declined this request.
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Submitted November 04, 2019 at 03:41PM by BlunanNation
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TIL: The Dilbert Principle is the concept that in many cases the least competent, least smart people are promoted, simply because they’re the ones you don't want doing actual work.
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Submitted November 04, 2019 at 05:56PM by jamescookenotthatone
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TIL the state of California produces half of the fruit and vegetables consumed in the US, as well as 99% of artichokes and walnuts and 95% of garlic.
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Submitted November 04, 2019 at 07:29PM by HopefulLurker
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TIL Ocean Spray Cranberry Cocktail comes from cooperatively owned cranberry farms where 100% of product profits are returned to farmers.
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Submitted November 04, 2019 at 07:37PM by cdnkevin
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TIL After a composer released a song that was just 60 seconds of silence, he was sued by the estate of a man who had released a similar track, called 4 minutes and 33 seconds of silence. His defense was, "I have been able to say in one minute what he could only say in four minutes and 33 seconds"
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Submitted November 04, 2019 at 08:14PM by szekeres81
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TIL that Triboulet, jester of Francis I, saved his life thanks to his vivaciousness. After making fun of a king's mistress, he was sentenced to death and had to choose the way he would die. Sharp minded, he asked to die of old age, leaving the King voiceless his sentence was commuted to banishment.
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Submitted November 04, 2019 at 09:53PM by hypersite
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TIL A helicopter pilot flew to 40820 feet, setting a world record for the highest altitude reached by a helicopter. However, when he started to descend, the engine failed, but he safely landed the helicopter with absolutely no power - a world record for the highest unpowered descent by a helicopter.
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Submitted November 04, 2019 at 10:51PM by lefttha
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TIL Star Wars was released in the Navajo Language, the first motion picture to be translated into a Native American language
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Submitted November 04, 2019 at 10:36PM by HurricaneBetsy
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TIL that Charles Schulz, creator of the comic strip Peanuts, hated the name of his comic, which was chosen by his syndicate (he wanted to call it Li'l Folks). As a result, most Peanuts collections and animated specials, such as A Charlie Brown Christmas, don't actually use Peanuts in the title.
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Submitted November 05, 2019 at 12:40AM by IHad360K_KarmaDammit
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