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TIL Stephen King didn’t get paid for “The Shawshank Redemption” because he never cashed the check

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XdZE TIL Deaf-from-birth schizophrenics see disembodied hands signing to them rather than “hearing voices”
KYJVw TIL that, Great Wall of China expansion project is believed to be funded by lottery
E1o5P TIL Pope Clement VIII loved coffee: he supposedly tasted the "Muslim drink" [coffee] at the behest of his priests, who wanted him to ban it. "Why, this Satan's drink is so delicious, that it would be a pity to let the infidels have exclusive use of it. We shall fool Satan by baptizing it..."
bjnZ TIL that the color used for “safety orange” was specifically chosen as it’s complimentary contrast color is that of the sky.
9YxnB TIL of the Friendship paradox, a phenomena that was first observed in 1991. On average, most people have fewer friends than their friends have. At the same time they believe they have more friends than their friends have