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TIL that the "razor" in Ockham's razor refers to distinguishing between two hypotheses either by "shaving away" unnecessary assumptions or cutting apart two similar conclusions. This means a solution with the fewest assumptions, not the simplest answer, is usually correct.

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pAe8 TIL that The biggest porn company in the entire world is MindGeek from in Canada. They own several “tube sites” like Pornhub, YouPorn and Redtube as well as other traditional content providers like Brazzers and Digital Playground.
x6VD5 TIL: Web 3.0 was originally meant to be a semantic web, making the internet machine readable.
DQEor TIL in 1975, the representative of Queen Elizabeth II dismissed the Australian Prime Minister from office
6eMY TIL that in 1978, the engineer of Citicorp Center, one of the 10 tallest buildings in NYC, discovered a fatal flaw in the building’s structure. A massive, secretive plan, was set in motion to correct the flaw before the building toppled over and killed thousands.
0wVd1 TIL The Beach Boys 'Good Vibrations' was the most expensive single produced at that time. It was inspired by Brian Wilson's mother telling him dogs could tell if a person was good or bad based on their vibrations. Wilson considered the song to be "his whole life performance in one track".