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TIL Hanlon’s razor: “never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”

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mxBAP TIL NPR radio host Ira Glass, who has done the show "This American Life" since 1996, received a raise from $170,000 to $278,000 in 2013. Glass said this raise was "unseemly" and asked it to be lowered to $146,000.
yQ6gV TIL almost 10% of all the concrete used in the WW2 German Atlantic Wall went on the fortification of the tiny Channel islands. The 1944 allied invasion of France simply ignored them, finally liberating them in May 1945.
LkVMm A large study conducted in three countries provides good evidence of a link between a history of vigorous physical activity and the risk of developing ALS.
YpNYW TIL spectators at the Indy 500 used to erect huge scaffolding towers for viewing until one collapsed killing 2 and injuring 82.
v1A48 TIL every person has maximum hair lenght determined by genetics.