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TIL the Chinese takeout box is an American invention that has never been used in China.

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d7kQ TIL that from 2000-2001 in California, traders at the now defunct company, Enron, manipulated the price of energy by shutting down power grids causing rolling blackouts. These blackouts would increase demand for energy and thus cause the price to surge sometimes 20x above it’s normal value.
j6BvX TIL actress Catherine Russell has only missed four performances (to attend siblings' weddings) as the lead in the off-Broadway play Perfect Crime since it opened in 1987. She holds the world record for most performances as the same character in a play with over 13,800.
VMYZQ TIL when Harvey Weinstein made aggressive demands of director Hayao Miyazaki to edit the U.S. release of Princess Mononoke, Studio Ghibli staff responded by sending Weinstein a samurai sword in the post with a note attached stating: “No cuts.”
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