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TIL that Stephen King has made large charitable donations without announcing them because he was “raised firmly to believe that if you give away money and you make a big deal of it so that everybody sees it, that’s hubris. … you’re not supposed to make a big deal about it”

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rNyko TIL that Jay Penske, son of the founder of Penske Corporation, owns the media company that owns Rolling Stone, Variety, Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline Hollywood, Robb Report, IndieWire, TVLine, and the Golden Globes.
Q8Pa TIL the Spanish Inquisition was in fact expected. They gave notice 30-40 days in advance to allow for confessions.
1aodr TIL 4-dimensional printing uses the same techniques of 3D printing through computer-programmed deposition of material in successive layers to create a three-dimensional object. However, 4D printing adds the dimension of transformation over time. It is therefore a type of programmable matter.
4jE5 TIL refrigerators have magnetic doors because the old design killed kids.
GA1GJ TIL the clips of McBain featured in the Simpsons can be pieced together to make a full (mini) McBain movie.