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TIL that offering a reward for a previously unrewarded activity is a shift toward extrinsic motivation and a weakening of pre-existing intrinsic motivation

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YObP TIL American intermarriage between Black women/White men has the second lowest divorce rate; next to East-Asian couples.
wBa8 TIL Saturday morning cartoons vanished in the 2000’s largely due to the “Children’s TV Act” requiring stations to have 3 hours of educational/informational (E/I) programming per week. To avoid the stations affiliates scheduling the E/I during their weekday shows, Saturday morning’s took the hit.
Wkky8 TIL Mustache March is an annual event where men in the US Air Force grow mustaches to honor Air Force legend Robin Olds and as a good-natured protest against facial hair regulations during the month of March. Triple-ace Robin Olds grew a handlebar mustache which did not comply with USAF regulations.
m1kZy TIL before the Declaration of Independence, the Second Continental Congress called the Thirteen Colonies the "United Colonies"
D7PJ TIL that Trey Parker and Matt Stone have made over 200 million dollars with Book of Mormon, roughly 19 million per month, which was enough money to start start their own production company.