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TIL The Inuit Way to teach kids to control their anger by using story to discipline and not acting out.

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nWVyW TIL that self-hacking by virus is not only a mechanism in BioShock
X0DJE TIL that the Shire breed of horse was first developed as the "Great Horse" during the reign of King Henry VIII of England. Acts were passed in 1535 and 1541 forbidding the use for breeding of horses under 15 hands (60" at the shoulder) in height, also prohibiting all exportation, even into Scotland.
wLeVo TIL of Tsujigiri or 'crossroad killing' the practice whereby a Samurai would test the sharpness of a new katana by attacking a random passerby.
b9NWN TIL when the United States Marines occupied Haiti for 19 years, one of the first actions was to take control of Haiti's economy and finances and rewrite its Constitution to give foreigners land-owning rights.
yQrRl TIL that in 1973 Johnny Carson caused a run on toilet paper after delivering this 12/19/73 monologue.