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TIL about Braess’s Paradox: adding an extra road to a network can cause more traffic for everyone - even without any increase in the number of cars!

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KOg0w TIL upon being told he couldn't go to Disneyland due to security concerns, Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev went berserk. He said afterwards, "Is there an epidemic of cholera there or something? Or have gangsters taken hold of the place that can destroy me?” Khrushchev left LA the next morning.
x67jb TIL that other supernatural creatures, aside from fairies and vampires, are also allergic to certain kinds of metals in mythology and folklore. For example, demons are said to be weak against iron, with some legends stating that fairies are fallen angels that weren't evil enough to become demons.
p6VO TIL The ‘Technocracy’ movement seek to revolutionize the social structure and create a society without crime, debt, or war. This trough replacing politicians with scientists and engineers, politics with science, and make North America a self-sufficient continent.
nelyd TIL that the snow in 'The Wizard of Oz' was asbestos. The Wicked Witch’s broom was made of asbestos, as was the Scarecrow’s entire outfit despite the fact that asbestos’ health risks were already known at the time in 1939.
R19a TIL If “Finding Nemo” happened in real life, when Nemo’s mom and siblings were eaten, Nemo’s dad would have developed female organs and formed a breeding pair with Nemo.