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TIL that Honest Tea holds a yearly experiment. They set up a stand offering a bottle of tea for $1 on the honor system, and the number of drinks taken are compared to the amount of money received. Americans were roughly 90% honest, and the city of Honolulu, Hawaii was 100% honest 2 years in a row

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6dN7 TIL Hitler wrote a second book after Mein Kampf in 1928. In it he describes why he would go to war in Europe and how he admired US eugenics programs. It was never published because he feared it would hurt already-low Mien Kampf sales.
809b TIL A type of baboon and wolves in Ethiopia live in alliance together in a way that suggests domestication
kOmPB TIL That one of the honey badgers defence is to go for the groin area. Basically ripping its preys testicles off until they bleed to death.
KOEe6 TIL esteemed writer and presenter, David Attenborough, is brothers with actor Richard Attenborough, known primarily for his portrayal of John Hammond in Jurassic Park
GYG0G TIL Blackbirding is the coercion of people through deception and/or kidnapping to work as unpaid or poorly paid labourers in countries distant to their native land. The practice continues to the present day, often forcing indigenous peoples in Central America to work as plantation labourers.