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TIL Borat's first movie was banned in Kazakhstan but when the second was released they made a tourism campaign around "Very Nice!"
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TIL In the 1800s, individuals secured government jobs through connections to presidents, not by merit. This practice ended after a disgruntled job-seeker assassinated President James A. Garfield, whom he believed owed him a government appointment.


Going through the ingredients of the New Pumpkin Swirl Frozen Coffee at Dunkin Donuts. Someone needs to explain how this is actually legal to serve to people. It contains 46 teaspoons of sugar (185 grams).
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Going through the ingredients of the New Pumpkin Swirl Frozen Coffee at Dunkin Donuts. Someone needs to explain how this is actually legal to serve to people. It contains 46 teaspoons of sugar (185 grams).
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TIL one of the top trial lawyers in Alaksa built a 17-floor whimsical house in the Talkeetna wilderness referred to as “Dr. Seuss House”.
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Boy, 6, savaged by pit bull after mom ‘cuffs his hands & feet as punishment’ & swears she ‘didn’t know it was illegal’


TIL of the Pratfall Effect, where highly competent individuals tend to become more likeable after committing mistakes while average-seeming individuals tend to become less likeable even if they commit the same mistakes.


TIL that in 1885 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers used 300,000 pounds of explosives to annihilate Flood Rock island in New York City's East River as part of clearing Hell Gate for safer navigation. It's been described as "the largest planned explosion before testing began for the atomic bomb".