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TIL that the book "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov got its title from an earlier story with the same name, despite Asimov disagreeing with the publisher's naming decision. This earlier story was written ten years before by Otto Binder.

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Qpb9 TIL that while some American restaurants have eliminated tipping, many have had to re-instate it after the “no-tipping” experiment failed. One restaurant lost 70% of its tipped staff. Another “couldn’t compete in the market” and was “faced with the options of raising prices […] or bailing out.”
JYwMk TIL the idiom "Turning a blind eye" is attributed to Admiral Horatio Nelson who, in the midst of battle and given the permission to retreat by his superior, lifted the telescope to his eye (blinded from an earlier injury) and said "I really do not see the signal" and pressed on with the attack.
ADyK7 TIL in preparation for their proposed invasion of Britain, the Nazis produced a handbook identifying dangerous anti-Nazi institutions in Britain, including Masonic lodges, the Church of England, and the Boy Scouts
OGVxL TIL for nearly 15 years, the NCAA banned South Carolina from hosting any of their tournaments due to a Confederate Flag being flown at the state capitol.
Y77mx TIL "Cityspeak", the pidgin street language incorporating Japanese/Spanish/German/etc.. used in Blade Runner & Blade Runner 2049 wasn't in Philip K. Dick's book, but was actually devised by "Gaff" actor Edward James Olmos while researching his character for the film.