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TIL that Victor Gruen who designed the first mall in the US, in later years hated what he created and even disowned it

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eGoL TIL of “Shifting Baseline Syndrome”, where each generation uses previous reference points as baselines despite those points representing significant changes from even earlier states. Each generation defines the “natural” state differently, and large changes over time often go unnoticed.
111X TIL Dogs have ‘Eureka moments’ and enjoy the experience of solving a problem in order to obtain a reward.
EREd TIL of Jacob Haugaard, a Danish-Faroese comedian who ran for political office on promises of more tailwind on bicycle paths, better weather and Nutella in field rations. He was elected to the Danish Parliament in 1994.
Y78ld TIL the actor who played Ferris Beuller accidentally killed 2 Irish women with the girl from Dirty Dancing
yQRbv TIL after the mistress of famed rocket engineer and occultist Jack Parsons began an affair with science fiction writer and eventual founder of Scientology L. Ron Hubbard, Parsons attempted to conjure a new girlfriend by masturbating onto "magical" tablets.