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[TIL] About Annihilationism

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rRw1e TIL The Pareto principle states that often roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes, & originated in the observation that 80% of Italy's land was owned by 20% of the population. The richest 20% of the world also get 82.70% of the income.
1Z9X TIL that because Hulk Hogan didn’t return the call from the endorsers to be the face of a new grill, they called the second person on the list, George Foreman, to be the face of what turned out to be a multi million dollar product.
Z8Zya TIL after reading the script for ‘Stop! Or My Mother Will Shoot,’ Arnold Schwarzenegger thought it was so bad that he leaked fake interest in the film to the press to get rival star, Sylvester Stallone, to try to steal the role. It worked and Stallone starred in the critical and commercial flop.
M7e8W TIL about Benny Distefano, the last left-handed catcher to play in the MLB who only caught three games for the Pittsburgh Pirates back in 1989.
rl4 TIL that Cydia, the program that is installed onto your iPhone when you jailbreak it, got its name from cydia pomonella which is the stereotypical “apple worm.”