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TIL The Onion, the satirical online news organization, originated in 1988 in Madison, WI as a weekly print publication. The weekly printed media continued until 2013.

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l7O9r TIL in 2005, Sothebys & Christies had to play Rock-Paper-Scissors over an art collection. Sothebys assumed it was random chance, so had no strategy. But Christies studied the game & asked two 11yo twin girls, who picked scissors: “Rock is way too obvious, and scissors beats paper.” Christies won.
neLn7 TIL that buttplugs were originally designed as rectal dilators marketed as a cure for insanity and constipation
awKbo TIL: Thomas Jefferson criticized the poetry of Phillis Wheatley saying it was "entirely derivative and imitative, completely devoid of originality" because she " lacks the intellect of the white race." After which she traveled to Europe and became the first published black poet.
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naBY TIL hitting snooze on your alarm can make you more tired than if you had gotten up right away. Especially if you purposefully set it early with the intention of hitting snooze.