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TIL shortly after Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook from his dorm room, he offered a friend “emails, pictures, addresses, SNS” of 4,000 Harvard users, calling them “dumb fucks” for trusting him with their data

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eGN6 TIL That in South Dakota there is an annual motorcycle rally that averages almost 10 deaths, 400 arrests, 300 emergency room visits, and tens of millions in revenue for local government.
xVaNw TIL the Nazis had an annual charity drive called Winterhilfswerk. It was not uncommon for those who forgot or donated to little to lose their jobs, be prosecuted, or be victims of mob violence. Large donations were a way to establish oneself as a loyal supporter of the Nazi Party without joining it.
wLkL7 TIL there was a plan in the 1920s/30s to dam the Mediterranean Sea, create a series of hydroelectric dams, lower sea levels and make North Africa more fertile. It was imagined by a German who wanted to avoid another world war for resources, land and energy by providing plentiful resources for Europe
R7jj7 TIL the font in the intro to Stranger Things is called ITC Benguiat, and it is an instrumental part of the 1980s feel of the show
O8J1 TIL Gillette and Schick own Duracell and Energizer and created powered safety razors to increase battery sales. Claims of a better shave were labeled “unsubstantiated and inaccurate” by American courts.