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TIL World-renowned IMF economist Olivier Blanchard and former advocate of austerity admitted he was wrong—and wrote a paper explaining why—after every single country which adopted "significant austerity" suffered economically.

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4kkE5 TIL William Wallace's co-commander, Andrew Moray, was mainly responsible for the Scottish victory in the Battle of Stirling Bridge, but died of his wounds. William Wallace was subsequently defeated in the Battle of Falkirk, when he let his men stand still in a hail of longbow fire.
dVWZ TIL Samuel L Jackson first used the word ‘Motherfucker’ because it helped overcome a lifelong stuttering problem.
nWl1b TIL That a prisoner attempted to sue Satan and his Staff. One of several reasons the case was dismissed was that that Satan was a foreign prince. And if sued as a defendant, he would be able to claim sovereign immunity from suit.
X0n9E TIL that the Chattahoochee River that starts in Georgia is over 100 million years old, while the Hudson River in New York is only about 13 to 26 thousand years old.
YZgB TIL Marvel Comics spent 10 years convincing the US Government that X-Men are NOT Human.