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TIL Ho Chi Minh used between 50 to 200 pseudonyms throughout his life

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691nY TIL a study found that 25% of Labrador retrievers and 66% of flat-coated retrievers possess a genetic mutation that can lead to weight gain; dogs with the gene face the "double whammy" of constant hunger while burning fewer calories. The Labrador has the highest levels of obesity among dog breeds.
jNXNN TIL That the director of The Shawshank Redemption bought the script from Stephen King for just $5,000 and could have sold it for $3 million after working on it for just 8 weeks to turn it into a movie script. Even though he was a first-time director, he refused and directed the movie himself.
BrrRL TIL "E.T. the Extraterrestrial" was rejected by Columbia Pictures whose chairman called it "a wimpy Walt Disney movie"
d9xZ TIL Angelina Jolie purchased 60,000 hectares of Cambodian land that was infiltrated by poachers and turned it into a wildlife reserve. Some of the former poachers were employed as rangers.
Ooe4X TIL that Beats, AirBnB, Hootsuite, Medium, and Flipboard all lifted their logos from the same 1989 design flip-book, “Trademarks and Symbols of the World: The Alphabet of Design.”