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TIL the United States has the 2nd lowest voter turnout among OECD nations. Only Korea has a lower turnout rate.

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XE7br TIL a software developer once tested asking for donations vs. limiting trial version features. He randomly gave people either a version that asks for a donation, or one that is feature-limited. The feature-limited version made five times as much money, and the experiment cost him $17,000 in sales.
GYmaJ TIL about the Kiss Kasket. Dubbed by Gene Simmons as “the ultimate KISS collectible”, its a coffin with a design that features pictures of the band playing, lots of fire, and a massive Kiss logo on the front. Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell was buried in one.
epy9g TIL that in 2009, two puppeteers placed $10,000 in coins in a chest, hid it in New York, and posted the clues on YouTube. Three years later, after no one found it, they dug up the treasure and donated it to people affected by Hurricane Sandy in 2012
ADXlB TIL Neanderthals approached animals very closely and thrust, not threw, their spears at the animals, most likely from an underhand angle. This confrontational way of hunting required careful planning and concealment, and close cooperation between individual hunters.
E1rax TIL about Pitcairn Island, the least populous national jurisdiction in the world. Its 50 inhabitants are descended mostly from a group of 9 mutineers, who settled on the island in 1790.