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TIL Lord Acton actually said “Power TENDS TO corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Which is much more nuanced.

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VMPoZ TIL That Red Lobster donated a rare blue Lobster to the Akron Zoo
yy8e TIL the 2002 movie Russian Ark was filmed in one single 96-minute take, on the third try. The shot involved 33 sets, 867 actors, 3 live orchestras, hundreds of extras, and a steadicam operator taking a 1.3 km journey through it all.
OogRX TIL that North Korea have tried to destroy the South Korean loudspeakers -that blast propaganda and K-pop over the border- with artillery. They resorted to shelling the speakers after a North Korean effort to retailliate in kind failed due to the decrepit state of their own soundsystem
Me9Ga TIL about the Mafia hypothesis which suggests that certain brood parasites such as the great spotted cuckoo will destroy other species' nests if they do not care for the parasites' eggs
dNBE TIL that in 1995, the New Mexico state senate passed a bill requiring psychiatrists and psychologists to dress as wizards, complete with wands to emphasize talking points, while testifying in court.