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TIL that “costed” is not how you say how much something cost in the past. You just use “cost”.

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rRJ04 TIL the American Humane Association Film Unit (responsible for "No Animals Were Harmed" message in films) formed in 1940 due to outrage about a horse that was thrown off a cliff and drowned for the 1939 film Jesse James. Before then trip wires were used to film horses falling over often killing them
9wP4m TIL Cobalt is named after kobolds (tricksy, sometimes malevolent spirits): the ore was called goblin/kobold ore due to giving off poisonous arsenic fumes when smelted.
J1wEl TIL that in Ireland 40 years ago, Malcolm MacArthur, a socialite with a yen for bow ties and cravats, bludgeoned a woman to death, killed a farmer with his own shotgun then attempted to rob a US diplomat. He was found in the apartment of the Irish attorney general, who had hosted him as a guest.
N7wyM TIL When Ringo Starr temporarily left the Beatles in 1968 because he felt side-lined, his fellow Beatles sent him a telegram telling him that he was the best drummer in the world and that they loved him. He returned, and found his drumkit covered in flowers, spelling out "Welcome Back, Ringo.".
ZRav TIL congenital blindness and schizophrenia do not co-occur.There is not a single case of congenitally blind diagnosed with schizophrenia