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TIL about the Nirvana Fallacy. Under this fallacy, the choice is not between real world solutions; it is, rather, a choice between one realistic achievable possibility and another unrealistic solution that could in some way be "better".

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gr8Nb TIL At the time that Atari released the home version of Pong in 1974 the computer chip the game used was the highest-performing chip used in a consumer product. It was also Sears best selling product at the time, far exceeding expectations.
XkVD TIL - Nature vs. Nurture - The reality is that nature determines a range of potential for any given trait and nurture determines where in that range you will fall
60ow TIL that when Benjamin Franklin died in 1790, he willed the cities of Boston and Philadelphia $4,400 each, but with the stipulation that the money could not be spent for 200 years. By 1990 Boston’s trust was worth over $5 million.
v1KmL TIL about China's biggest drug bust. A 'Breaking Bad' village in China that had 77 Meth labs and 20% of the villagers involved in the production and supply of more than a third of China's Meth output. The local police protected the operation and used police vehicles to move drugs around.
8aYpL TIL about Jon Postel, a researcher who in 1998 hijacked the internet to prove a point about it's poor security. Instead of being reprimanded he was appointed to run ICANN, the authority now responsible for overseeing domain naming and ensuring the internet's ongoing stability.