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TIL Planned and perceived obsolescence contributes to herd mentality and apathy in efficient use, recycling and reuse of resources.

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b0Zj TIL: For every 400 movies made in Hollywood, there are 11,000 pornos made [Link is a SFW Ted Talk]
x6E5 TIL Stephen King is writing a sequel to “The Shining,” called “Doctor Sleep,” set to be published in 2013.
rx7W TIL Joseph Heller, author of Catch 22, wouldn’t begin a story without envisioning both an opening and closing line.
ANPDo TIL that, despite using the same alphabet (Hangul), North Korea and South Korea order the letters differently, with NK placing new letters at the end of the alphabet and SK grouping similar letters together
V5x0 TIL 3 big game hunters, inspired in part by Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game,” invented Paintball, “a game where they would stalk and hunt each other— to recreate the same adrenaline rush from hunting animals”