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TIL Occam’s razor is not “the simplest answer is usually correct”, it’s “the answer that requires the fewest assumptions is usually correct”.

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mxVDO TIL that in 1993, the entire city of San Francisco voted about whether a police officer was allowed to carrying a ventriloquist’s dummy called Brendan O’Smarty while on patrol. He was.
P1NLn TIL a 2019 study documented how the percentage of heterosexual married couples who met online rose from only 2% in 1998 to 20% in 2008 and then to nearly 50% in 2017, which made it the dominant form of initial contact for couples who marry.
kQXE TIL that Starbucks has beer flavored coffee in Florida and Ohio
W7deA TIL: The Tomb of Christ is a site in Japan where they claim Jesus was really buried. This is complete with a burial site, Hebrew plaque and an accompanying origin story (complete with Jesus using a body double) explaining his journey to and death in Japan.
rN744 TIL that in ancient Rome, there was a method of birth control where women would use silphium, a plant that was so effective it was harvested to extinction.