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TIL of "Hauntology" a philosophical concept explaining "contemporary culture's persistent recycling of retro aesthetics and incapacity to escape old social forms" as a "nostalgia for lost futures."

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E1Lpx TIL that the city of Baltimore used flogging as a punishment till 1938. People were sent to the whipping post for one crime only; wife beating. This punishment was used because wife beaters often escaped conviction, as their wives simply couldn't afford to send the husband/breadwinner to jail.
Bgp5y TIL that chromium makes steel stainless by reacting with oxygen and creating a layer of chromium oxide (chrome) that prevents oxygen from further oxidizing (rusting) the metal. All thanks to a random knife maker on YouTube.
b9n00 TIL Samuel L Jackson has a clause in his contract to play golf whenever he isnt filming in movies.
V1vZ TIL That if the original Copyright Act of 1790 was still in effect, Everything made before 1989 would be public domain.
N7Wmb TIL divorce rates and age are strongly correlated. Someone who marries at 25 is over 50 percent less likely to get divorced than is someone who weds at age 20, but past the age of 32, the odds of divorce increase by 5 percent per year for those who get married.