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TIL The Pulitzer Prize only considers those works whose authors pay the $50 submission fee

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rG5W TIL Louis CK spent an entire radio interview asking Donald Rumsfeld if he’s a lizard from space.
6orZ TIL that Japan’s Hitashi Seaside Park covers an area of 190 hectares with 4.5 million flower blossoms. Come spring, the Nemophila seeds create a landscape of perpetual blue.
45aa TIL of Loudness War: the trend of increasing audio levels in recorded music since the 90s, which criticists believe reduces overall sound quality.
baNQ TIL that New England grocer Market Basket doesn’t have self-checkout lanes because CEO Arthur T. Demoulas stated that he wanted “a human being waiting on a human being.”
9YYxB TIL that the 'Utah Teapot' was an early 3D model of a teapot used for modeling experiments because of it's round shape, saddle points, and being able to project it's shadow onto itself. It currently resides in the Boston Computer Museum.