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TIL Economist John Maynard Keynes believed governments should pay people to dig holes in the ground and then fill them up in order to deal with unemployment and stimulate the economy.

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ea8n TIL that due to the decline of bees forces apple farmers in China to pollinate every blossom by hand using paintbrushes
dDL7j TIL the Titanic had an official mascot: a cat named Jenny, which gave birth to kittens one week before the ship began its maiden voyage. She lived in the ship's galley, was fed by the crew and did not survive the sinking.
PROV TIL that the Spanish Inquisition lasted 356 years, more than 100 years longer than the United States has been an independent nation (241)
GAyXG TIL: Christopher Reeve wanted to play the Richard Gere role in Pretty Woman but was turned away. The role went to Richard Gere, who had gotten his role in American Gigilo after Christopher Reeve turned it down.
Z8QXv TIL that the West Indie's top cricketer Kraigg Brathwaite was scrawny as a kid, and got bullied by his Combermere School (Barbados) bus mates. A girl, 4 years his senior, protected him. She beat up the bullies & took Kraigg on her lap. Her name: Robyn Fenty, a.k.a. Rihanna.