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TIL that there is an alternative to the Golden Rule called the Platinum Rule which tells us to treat others as they would wish to be treated.

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R7vQ7 TIL: The term "Mad as a Hatter" was originated back in the early 1800s in Denton, Tameside (which is in northern England), where hat makers used mercury in their hat making process. The mercury in the hats would cause dementia in wearers due to the mercury leaking into the body.
8avwb TIL The NYC Metro Area has a bigger GDP than ALL of Mexico, Spain, or Australia. Effectively, that means that NYC makes more money than a first-world continent.
kONe TIL in 1997, a cow fell out of a plane and sunk a boat.
wZno TIL that Chuck Jones created Wile E. Coyote and the Roadrunner as a parody of chase cartoons like “Tom and Jerry”, not expecting that its purposefully ridiculous contraptions and nonsensical cartoon physics would make it popular.
8k54 TIL that you would have to smoke 1,500 pounds of pot in 15 minutes to die from a marijuana overdose.