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TIL: The Texas Railroad Commission Has Nothing to do With Railroads. It Regulates Oil and Gas in the State and Maintains its Name to Avoid Critical Oversight.

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OGEAL TIL Tom Six who is the creator behind The Human Centipede Trilogy, was an original director for the Dutch TV series Big Brother. Big Brother became an international franchise with over 508 seasons in over 63 franchise countries and regions.
X0gAR TIL that due to a disfunction of the ABCCII gene the majority of Asians have significantly less body odor than other populations
AB TIL that the same guy plays Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, and has done since 1969. He’s still puppeteering both at 78.
rNKL4 TIL Plato wrote that a nation should be led by its most curious, benevolent, just, kind, and altruistic individuals. He called them Philosopher Kings. They would spend their entire life preparing for this role. Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius was said to best exemplify this idea.
nW7r TIL 61 yo Cliff Young ran an ultramarathon and broke the record by two days. He had no formal training, ran with no sleep, and beat sponsored, young athletes. He remarked that the race “wasn’t easy.”