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TIL someone got so fed up with being on the mailing list of a scientific journal, they wrote a study titled “Get Me Off Your Fucking Mailing List”. The paper was accepted.

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1aNPO TIL: In the State of California sneaking into a movie theater, leaving an unpaid bill at a restaurant or using a ski slope without paying are all examples of the crime of "defrauding an innkeeper"
yXKJ TIL Stanley Kubrick fooled the MPAA into thinking that the blood flowing out of the elevator in The Shining was just “rusty water”
wLjp6 TIL that in British Parliament by tradition, the opposite parties are separated by two red lines in the carpet "Two Sword Lengths" (3.96 m) apart which remains as a reminder to seek resolution by peaceful means
p8Bxp TIL that Daryl Davis, a black musician, is credited with dismantling the entire KKK network in Maryland. He did this by befriending many members, even going so far as to serve as a pallbearer at a Klansman's funeral.
rZvy TIL The ThyssenKrupp Elevator company is building their own skyscraper just to be able to test new elevator designs