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TIL that there are Rock Paper Scissors tournaments regularly held and they often offer hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars in rewards

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0w9j TIL The founder of “5-Hour-Energy”, Manoj Bhargava, is the richest Indian in the Us, and gives 90% of his earnings to charity.
0wV4N TIL of Frances Oldham Kelsey - who refused to authorize thalidomide for release in the US despite pressure from the drug's manufacturer. The drug caused tens of thousands of infant deaths and deformities in 46 other countries around the world.
6L4X TIL that rats who were trained to press a lever for food stopped pressing the lever once they saw that it also caused another rat to receive an electric shock
QJj0L TIL that the tribesmen of Tana Toraja dig up the corpses of the dead every year and party with them.
7rO0L TIL Lenin and Stalin once teamed up to rob a bank.