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TIL that adding “but you are free to refuse” after a verbal request can double your chances of getting what you want.

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16p9P TIL in 1999 a British man, angered at being charged £20 for going £10 overdrawn, legally changed his name to "Yorkshire Bank plc are Fascist Bastards" just to receive a return cheque in that name to settle the account
W7Md9 TIL lead vocalist, bassist, & founding member of the band Biohazard and actor Evan Seinfeld is a second cousin of comedian and actor Jerry Seinfeld. The two appeared together on an SNL skit crossing over Oz and Seinfeld.
lgpB TIL that when parents show favoritism or interfere in sibling conflict, those siblings are more likely to tend to conflict later in life, and less likely to collaborate in the care of the older parents.
xVJn0 TIL There are over 400 million ways of delivering checkmate in the first 5 moves of a chess game.
9wJLM TIL in 1590 70 people mostly women were killed at the North Berwick Witch Trials because the king was convinced witches attacked his fleet with a storm