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TIL Reagan and Gorbachev Agreed to Pause the Cold War in Case of an Alien Invasion

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dw4d TIL that stores use the ‘Goldilocks pricing’ technique where one item is too expensive, one too cheap and the middle just right, to influence the buyer. Also Prestige or Premium pricing is when one item is given a huge prize tag simply because people will think it’s better and buy it.
LVom TIL that a Buddhist master named his penis “Thunderbolt of Flaming Wisdom,” told women that they could achieve Nirvana through sex with him, and had them pay him in beer for sex rendered.
xVmbw TIL Danny Trejo got his first acting job when visiting a patient he was doing substance abuse counseling for on the set of "Runaway Train". He was offered a job as an extra in the film's prison scenes.
Z4Ao TIL that North Korea has 3G coverage for 94% of its population, more than for example Germany with 88%.
p1K4 TIL the Skunk Cabbage is one of a few plants that generates its own heat, 20 degrees Celsius/36 degrees Fahrenheit on average, above the outside air temperature. This allows the plant to melt through the snow and flower while snow is still on the ground.