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TIL of the Gish gallop, a technique used where you try to overwhelm someone with a rapid series of many half-truths and misrepresentations in a short space of time, which makes it impossible for someone to refute or fact-check all of them.

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0rgy TIL Rhino horns are being injected with poison to scare off consumer demand.
JVKl TIL: On Nixon’s Inauguration Day, LBJ pulled out a cigarette—his first since his heart attack. One of his daughters pulled it out of his mouth saying “Daddy, what are you doing? You’re going to kill yourself.” He replied, “I’ve now raised you girls. I’ve now been President. Now it’s my time!”.
gpl8 TIL Abuse of the smoke signal is known to have contributed to the fall of the Western Zhou Dynasty, 8th century BCE. King You of Zhou had a habit of fooling his warlords with false warning beacons in order to amuse his queen. When an actual rebellion occurred, no one came to the aid of the king.
a8EdN TIL Walgreens Rx bottle caps can be un-childproofed by flipping them upside down and screwing it back on!
nWGYG TIL The Strauss–Howe Generational Theory. The Theory states that a crisis recurs in American history after every saeculum (85 years), which is followed by a recovery. 85 years ago was the invasion of Poland and the beginning of WW2.