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TIL after it was reported that a guesthouse in Hudson, NY charged guests $500 for giving negative online critiques, Yelpers gave it hundreds of one-star reviews

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bAbN TIL current extremely popular youtubers use linguistic tricks called “intellectual used-car-salesman voice” to get subscriptions and gain popularity.
Wk144 TIL about Sybil Ludington, a 16 year-old girl who rode to alert militia forces on the night of April 26, 1777, and who, reportedly, rode twice the distance as Paul Revere.
Eg4yp TIL the first known résumé was written by Leonardo da Vinci, when applying to be a military engineer for the Duke of Milan. It's mainly just a list of his designs for siege weapons (including trebuchets). He briefly mentions his art: "In painting, I can do everything possible." He got the job.
YWax TIL that Nick Frost lost his sister at an early age, his mother died from a stroke, and he lost his home. Years later while he worked as a waiter at a resteraunt, he met Simon Pegg, they became best friends, and then they made Shaun of the Dead, which kickstarted his career
PY7jJ TIL that commercial radio was invented due to a bet. Frank Conrad, the inventor, wanted to settle a $5 bet about the accuracy of his $12 watch. He ended up building a radio receiver with the original purpose to hear the time signals transmitted by the U.S. Naval Observatory.