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TIL Public Policy Polling conducted a poll in 2013 that found 27% of Americans thought hipsters should be assessed a special tax for being annoying

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yQ8gX TIL in Finland the Black Sabbath song 'Paranoid' is regularly requested by concert goers as a joke much like the Lynyrd Skynyrd song 'Freebird' is in the United States. Regardless of the band or their musical style audiences will shout "Soittakaa 'Paranoid'!" ("Play 'Paranoid'!") during a concert
nevYr TIL both Fox News and CNN have breached news impartiality laws in the United Kingdom. Fox News was taken off air before it received its fine. CNN was given a warning for not clearly labelling 'paid political pieces' in its news.
ZpM8p TIL of Douglas Adams's posthumous role as Agrajag in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio series. Adams never recorded the lines for Agrajag and was dead by the time the BBC revived the series. Agrajag's lines are actually clips from Adams's reading of his books, recorded many years before.
Z8eBo TIL The Pollyanna Principle, named after the cheerful character in Eleanor H. Porter's novel, is the tendency for people to remember pleasant history more accurately than unpleasant history. The principle is the basis of nostalgia, remembering past experiences as more rosy than in reality.
8eRZ4 TIL people will implant magnets into their fingertips. Nerves grow around the magnet as the skin heals. The magnet pushes against magnetic fields produced by electronic devices in the surrounding area, giving a “sixth sense” of magnetic vision.