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TIL Japan used $30 million of their Tsunami relief funds to support whaling

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Z8ado TIL that Anne Frank's older sister, Margot also kept a diary, but no trace of it has ever been found.
wEmW TIL that Carrie Fisher was addicted to Cocaine during the filming of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, and also survived an overdose
e0VDk TIL In 1986 a trained analytic philosopher penned an essay on Bullshit. Bullshit attempts to manipulate listener and is indifferent to lies or facts. Bullshit is vague whereas lies are specific and uncoverable.
xvbB TIL a 24 year old made it to #5 on his national charts with a song recorded on a four-track in his bedroom. He opened for Blur the same year, and then died six months later.
b6PBa TIL Pragmatism, a school of philosophy, emerged in the US as a revolt against the overly intellectual, highly speculative, and closed systems of Idealism of the 19th century. It emphasizes that the merit of ideas, policies, and proposals lies in their usefulness, practicality, and workability.