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TIL that critics of the Golden Rule have devised the so-called Platinum Rule, which states "Do unto others as they would have you do unto them, not as you would have them do unto you."

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P1WPe TIL that Laurence Olivier's brother in the film "Marathon Man" was played by a German acrobat well-known for performing contortionist shows while drunk. He was onboard the Hindenburg and escaped by replicating his act. He was briefly considered a suspect in its destruction due to his quick escape.
1Z6r TIL that, when asked, Adele turned down singing at William and Kate’s royal wedding because she’d already arranged to have a BBQ with her friends.
p1Z8 TIL the surface area of Minecraft’s overworld (on the PC version) is approximately 9,258,235 times larger than that of the earth.
klME TIL that East Germany lives on - as a tiny island off Cuba. In 1972, Fidel Castro gifted the island to East Germany. The island was not addressed in the 1990 reunification, and as such is still technically East German territory, even though the nation no longer exists.
p00e TIL that although Jewish people make up only 0.2% of the world’s population, they have won over 1/5 of the Nobel prizes since it first began.