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TIL that tax easement can be recompensed to investors for not developing an unsustainable project;as compensation for projected loss of investment

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o1NE TIL: The man that invented the term anorexia nervosa was linked to the unsolved 1888 Whitechapel murders - Jack the Ripper.
mxg1v TIL Roddy Piper improvised the "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass.... and I'm all out of bubblegum," line from They Live. John Carpenter told Roddy that he wasn't gonna rob the bank, but he was holding a shotgun and wearing sunglasses, so he needed to say something.
VMPd4 TIL while monkeys have the vocal cords to speak like humans do, their brains lack the wiring necessary to control their voices for precise tones. This prevents them from making the wide range of sounds necessary for speech. If their brains were wired like a human, they could theoretically talk.
X0jrX TIL The pistol shrimp can produce a flash of light near the temperature of the sun in addition to a powerfull shockwave similar to a bubble bullet
KAo9 TIL: The woman who accused the Duke Lacrosse players is in jail….for murdering her boyfriend