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TIL Jean-Paul Sartre won the Nobel Prize in Literature but rejected the award and prize money because he thought it would compromise his independent thinking.

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VMRZQ TIL after Warner Bros. execs suggested adding a third character to "Pinky And The Brain," writers responded to the unwanted input with the episode "Pinky & The Brain And...Larry" which featured a third, superfluous mouse named Larry that added nothing to the plot but repeatedly saying "I'm Larry"
P1A0L TIL The 10 countries with the lowest GDP (PPP) per capita in Europe are the 10 post-communist countries.
gbQL TIL smoking crack while pregnant has far less of an effect on the outcome of offspring born full-term, than being born in poverty does.
WrmN TIL that when the government charged Wesley Snipes for failing to file tax returns for the years 1999 through 2004, Snipes responded to his indictment by declaring himself to be “a non-resident alien” of the United States. He got a 3 year prison sentence.
9YZmX TIL about the Georgia Guidestones, a set of huge granite slabs in Elbert County, Georgia commissioned by anonymous benefactors. The 5 slabs contain messages in 12 languages, and are intended to help rebuild human civilization after a global catastrophe.