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TIL about the Gish Gallop, in which one debater spews an overwhelming number of arguments, without regard to their veracity, so that their opponent is unable to answer coherently or refute the statements.

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L08V TIL that in the mid-1990s homeless children in Miami developed a vast, elaborate, and consistent mythology that spread by oral tradition throughout the community as a coping mechanism.
5Qr8 TIL: Terry Fox, a 21 year old one-legged cancer patient, ran 3,339miles across Canada in 143 days before dying. He ran the equivalent of a full marathon every day and was the youngest person ever named a Companion of the Order of Canada.
x0wg Today I learned that an FBI agent sold secrets to the Soviets and Russia for 22 years, and when caught said, “what took you so long?”
e0M8D TIL elevators in America (ADA compliant) they need to make an audible ding when going up. And double ding ding when going down. Many elevators also make a noise when at the ground floor. For many blind people this is a lifeline which enables them to use elevators.
7r87p TIL that during the Iran-Contra hearings, Senator Daniel Inouye remarked that "[There exists] a shadowy Government with...the ability to pursue its own ideas of the national interest, free from all checks and balances, and free from the law itself."