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TIL People are complaining that the 2014 Brazil World Cup logo bears too much of a resemblance to a facepalm

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DQvyj TIL of Brent Hershman, a second-assistant cameraman on the 1997 movie “Pleasantville” - who died in a car accident after working 19 hours on the film’s set. His death sparked industry-wide demands for shorter workdays and inspired a 2006 documentary by filmmaker Haskell Wexler.
v1AgK TIL in Iceland people light candles for the huldufólk, hidden elves, during New Year's Eve to help the huldufólk find a new home for the year.
5lW8 TIL that some old books were released with some of the pages “uncut” and folded together, and in order to read them, you must cut the pages
MeR0W TIL of Brian Banks, a star football player with a promising NFL career, who was sent to prison at 17 after being accused of sexual violence. After serving 5 years in prison, the woman confessed she made it up. Although he was acquitted, his dream NFL career never happened and she never served time.
l7ayB TIL of the "Ouroboros Effect" - a collapse of AI models caused by a lack of original, human-generated content; thereby forcing them to "feed" on synthetic content, thereby leading to a rapid spiral of stupidity, sameness, and intellectual decay