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TIL in Leave the World Behind (2023), a coordinated attack of 1) disabling communications and transportation, 2) synchronized chaos via disinformation, and 3) civil war and societal collapse was the most cost effective way of destabilizing a dysfunctional society.

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ADnAa TIL that in 2010 Weezer began to perform Wheatus' song "Teenage Dirtbag" during their shows because so many people believed that it was a Weezer song and they didn't have the heart to tell them that they were wrong.
gMM17 TIL the average-sized apple has a weight force of approximately 1 Newton.
yAkX TIL former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson was a sexual maniac who nicknamed his penis “Jumbo” and he would often urinate in public. If anyone confronted him while doing so, he would turn around and say “have you ever seen anything as big as this?”
PY0ow TIL that when he was 15, Stan Lee entered a high school essay competition held by the New York Herald Tribune, and he won for 3 straight weeks until the newspaper wrote him and asked him to let someone else win. Later, the newspaper said he should look into writing professionally
Z8egG TIL that the SOS distress signal was created because of its easiness in morse (· · · – – – · · ·). And not because it is an abbreviation of save our souls or save our ship