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TIL Tests done since 1933 show that people who talk about their intentions are less likely to make them happen.

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4XJ5g TIL that in 2018, because of rising prices and bad conditions for open access articles, all German universities collectively didn't renew their contracts with Elsevier, the biggest publisher for scientific papers
1amNr TIL that in 1943 Black and white American soliders got into a firefight with each other after British locals refused to enforce the U.S. Army's racial segregation policies and allowed the Black soliders to drink at any pub in town
xD6b TIL the price of a Model T went from $829 in 1909 to $260 in 1925. Henry Ford continually reduced its price as production efficiency increased.
D40e TIL that the day Keith Richards was shooting Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End he was so drunk that the film’s director had to prop him up in order to shoot his scene.
6A67 TIL that, under the original Articles of Confederation, Canada was given an opportunity to join the United States.