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TIL that Liars Find It More Rewarding to Tell Truth Than Fib When Deceiving Others

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kO6Y5 TIL the Valyrian languages spoken in the TV show, Game of Thrones, was developed by linguist David J. Peterson based on the few words author George R. R. Martin put in the novels. The fully developed language now provides additional Valyrian translations to Martin for use in his forthcoming novels.
yQEW8 TIL there was an official writer's guide for the original Star Trek series. The pages included story advice, character attributes ("Captain Kirk is a space-age Horatio Hornblower"), costuming ("no pockets or space suits"), Stardate calculation, and told writers to contact NASA for technical advice.
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7K4r TIL vanilla beans are the 2nd most expensive spice in the world due to a current, global vanilla bean crisis caused, in part, by a 2017 hurricane in Madagascar.