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TIL that the real "Last Samuraï" who inspired the movie with Tom Cruise wasn't American, but rather a French officer named Jules Brunet

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OG9V4 TIL that there is a negative form of the halo effect, called The Horn Effect , which allows one disliked trait or aspect of a person or product to negatively influence globally. For those seen in a negative light, anything they do that is negative is exemplified, while the positive are not seen.
9jmX TIL the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that competitive cheerleading is NOT a sport and thus, can not be used in place of another women’s sport under Title IX.
R5e5w TIL billionaire Warren Buffett eats breakfast at McDonald's every day and pays with exact change of either $2.61, $2.95, or $3.17, depending on what he chooses to eat that day.
PooO TIL the US stock of coral snake antivenom technically expired nine years ago, and the FDA has been moving up the expiration date every year through this April.
kpDd TIL that many scientists have suggested that complete eradication of mosquitoes would not have serious ecological consequences