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TIL that evolutionary biologists believe that humans developed the ability to use reason and rationality to win arguments and manipulate their surroundings rather than to find truth and make decisions.

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8dGb TIL - McDonald’s, Starbucks, Victoria’s Secret and Boeing use prison labor for some of their products.
PYYVZ TIL that the British captured an American ship, set it on fire, and sailed it over the Niagara Falls.
d8aY7 TIL Texas is called The Lone Star State because when it was part of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas, its flag bore two gold stars in the middle. When Texas declared its independence from Mexico they "took" one of the stars with them and Coahuila kept the other one.
JYbD4 TIL that the word 'abracadabra" dates as far back as the 2nd century AD
R7O0j TIL After 9 months of procrastination and zero work on the project, Frank Lloyd Wright created the plans for Fallingwater in 2.5 hrs after hearing the client happened to be in town and was on his way to Frank's office.