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TIL that pro wrestling referee Aubrey Edwards is a video game developer who has worked on the Scribblenauts series from programmer to lead producer.

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E1kQx TIL that Marilyn Monroe once walked around New York City in broad daylight with nobody noticing her. She asked her companions “do you want to see her?” When they said “yes”, she changed her walk, speech, and posture, and strangers who previously ignored her realized who she was.
gMQjb TIL: Benfords law is a logarithmic graph that can be found anywhere in the world. The IRS even uses it to detect tax fraud.
Y58B TIL Ireland’s reputation for scholarship in the early medieval period was so good that many scholars traveled from Britain and the European mainland to study in Irish schools
gMo5W TIL The only person to serve prison time for the Iran-Contra Scandal was a minister who in protest stole a street sign named for John Poindexter.
GYZOJ TIL it’s a 50+ year old tradition in Sweden to watch a specific Donald Duck cartoon at exactly 3pm on Christmas Eve. Approximately half the country tunes in to watch every year.