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TIL - Nature vs. Nurture - The reality is that nature determines a range of potential for any given trait and nurture determines where in that range you will fall

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QJonk TIL that William Atherton who plays the lawyer Walter Peck in Ghostbusters was so hated that after the movie came out he was harassed on the street and challenged to fights in bars.
Wkwd8 TIL that in 2017 thieves stole $18k worth of tracking equipment from a Silicon Valley startup business. They were caught within 5 to 6 hours.
R5K49 TIL Danny Trejo has a clause in his movie contracts that requires his villainous characters to die by the end of the film. He wants children to learn that crime doesn't pay.
oBQ4K TIL: 32% of U.S. households don't have a dishwasher, Among households that do, 20% never use it. That means that 46% of US households never use a dishwasher,
4XZ8w TIL about Fremdscham, the opposite of schadenfreude. Fremdscham is the feeling of embarrassment from observing the embarrassing actions of another person.