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TIL the 99 cent pricing first became popular in the nineteenth century, shortly after the invention of the cash register. The pricing ensured that the cashier was forced to ring-in the transaction to create a record of it and return change to reduce the risk of the cashier stealing from the store.
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TIL: The film "The Hobbit" caused as many as 27 animals deaths during production. One horse had the skin and muscles of her leg torn off by wire fencing, several chickens were mauled to death by unsupervised dogs, and one horse was hobbled and left on the ground for three hours.
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TIL that "Gish gallop" is a debate technique that focuses on overwhelming an opponent with as many arguments as possible without regard for accuracy or strength of the arguments