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TIL of the term Paradox of Tolerance: intolerance of the intolerant.

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5Ngp TIL Switzerland is prepared to blow up its roads, bridges, and tunnels and trigger blockading mountain slides and tree-falls if an invasion were to ever happen.
rRM6M TIL of Parrondo's paradox. In Game A you lose $1 each turn you play. In Game B you count how much you have left; if an even amount you win $3 else you lose $5. Begin w/ $100. Play Game A or B & you'll lose all in 100 turns. But try Game B followed by A, then B etc & you'll win $2 every two games
5Y4B TIL Disney World has a special village for kids from Make A Wish called Give Kids The World Village which is staffed by 50,000 volunteers and overwhelms these children with affection and attention
nBR7 TIL In 1996, psychedelics-advocate Timothy Leary had his death videotaped to be broadcast on the internet. The footage has never been released.
yQOLe TIL that defectors from North Korea cannot change their mind: South Korea won't let them go back home, will arrest them if they try