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TIL of the philosopher Karl Popper's "paradox of tolerance" which states: "If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.

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4Xero TIL of a man named Frank Amodeo who had a plan to become emperor of the world. He owned several private security firms employing 40,000 people, met with Bush in the white-house and regularly worked with intelligence agencies world wide. He was busted for tax fraud and he is currently in prison.
VMVbQ TIL the 1940 Olympics were to be held in Tokyo (summer) and Sapporo (winter), but both were cancelled because of WWII. If the 2020 Olympics are cancelled, Tokyo (and Sapporo, hosting the marathon) will be the only cities to have had the games cancelled twice.
9YbaM TIL:In 2005, 51% of graduating students at BYU were already married
DLNj TIL celine dion’s my heart will go on was recorded in one take as a demo to convinced james cameron to feature it in his movie the titanic. He approved. The song was never re-recorded. So technically the award winning song was a demo tape.
dDkV9 TIL in 2016 a doctor performed surgery on the wrong baby. The mother thought her newborn was going for a routine checkup, but instead found out that a frenulectomy had been performed on her healthy baby. A procedure where the flap of skin under the tongue is clipped to give it more range of motion.