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TIL about Boston Brahmins - upper class English colonists who saw themselves as the social equivalent of Brahmins in the Indian caste system

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o0aA TIL that a family organized a fake kidnap of their 6 years old kid to scare him, because they thought he was “too nice”
BgLWK TIL "SOS" doesn't stand for anything, it's just a distinguishable Morse code message. (Some backronyms have since been applied)
9OOB TIL there was a fake French reality show in the style of the Milgram experiment, which made real and unwitting contestants shock someone on TV. 80% of them kept shocking the person (who was just an actor), even after he cried out for them to stop. 60% shocked him till he appeared to die.
jNKQ TIL Trey Parker and Matt Stone only need an Oscar to complete their EGOT.
LQNbr TIL about "Criminal Tools". I read a "criminal tool" was used in a fishing tourney (lead weight). Chewed gum used to jam a keyhole? Criminal tool! Pen used to write a robbery note? You got it! Since this law is vaguely worded, everything is a potential Criminal Tool!