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TIL a category for Best Stunt Coordination was submitted to (and rejected by) the Academy Awards every year from 1991 to 2012.

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PYaxg TIL of the Greater Fool Theory, which states that the price of an object is determined not by its intrinsic value, but rather by irrational beliefs and expectations of market participants.
1a0Pr TIL about anacyclosis: the theory that every form of government (monarchy, aristocracy, democracy) is inherently flawed and will eventually degenerate (tiranny, oligarchy, oclocracy). The cycle between the six stages is inevitable
X0w6k TIL in three separate studies, researchers found that students who took notes on laptops performed worse on conceptual questions than students who took notes longhand.
LQmWm TIL the first stoplight was introduced in 1868, 17 years before the first automobile.
wmmY TIL that in Moscow, stray dogs have learned to commute from the suburbs to the city, scavenge for food, then catch the train home in the evening.