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TIL about "Hobson's Choice". It labels an illusion of free choice where only one thing is actually offered.

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7ygP TIL humans are the only mammal species that have completely lost their penis bone
Rjl1 TIL: Decorative Five Pointed metal stars–Barnstars–derived from Amish barn-painted symbols or “Hex Signs”, which were borrowed from witchcraft / Germanic paganism as magical protection against misfortune
XwmP TIL that had Batman & Robin been successful, WB had already planned a fifth film, which would have been titled Batman Triumphant. Directed by Joel Schumacher, it was to feature Scarecrow and Harley Quinn as its villains, with a possible hallucinatory appearance by Jack Nicholson as the Joker.
XgnE TIL of Great-Grandmaster Su Kong, a Shaolin monk with “Werewolf Syndrome” who was famous for battling Japanese pirates and fighting bears in the woods for practice.
ADwln TIL about the hijacking of the oil tanker Brillante Virtuoso in 2011 in the Gulf of Aden. A story about pirates, international fraud, cover ups, and murder.