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TIL There’s a thing called “Rubber duck debugging” in which a programmer explains the code to an inanimate object in hopes of finding the bug

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mxRnO TIL While performing a stand-up performance in June 2004, Dave Chappelle walked off the stage after berating his audience for constantly shouting "I'm Rick James, bitch!" After a few minutes, Chappelle returned and resumed by saying, "The show is ruining my life," referring to the Chappelle's Show.
4k9yN TIL the term “third world” was originally a label worn as a sense of pride for countries that didn't fall into either the pro-capitalism or pro-communism camp.
EgDrx TIL Jeff Cohen who played Chunk, the chubby kid in the Goonies went on to study law and entertainment law later co-founding the Cohen & Gardner firm in Beverly Hills. Earlier he asked Goonies director R.Donner for a recommendation for his college application Donner and his wife offered to pay for it
Y1Jx TIL if you made a magnifying glass hologram you could actually use it as a a magnifying glass, too.
ADnM4 TIL until 2005 the only living people to appear on British stamps were the Queen and the drummer of Queen