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TIL Mozilla Foundation did a study of Googles Incognito Browser. They found it was used for an average of 10 minutes from the hours of 11pm to 5am, peaking at 2 am.

Z89QY TIL A Conan The Barbarian sequel starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as an older, grizzled Conan almost happened. Entitled "Legend of Conan" it was inspired by the tone of Clint Eastwoods "Unforgiven" but was cancelled in 2017.
1y1V TIL when Chris Pratt’s wrestling coach asked what he wished to do with his life he responded with ‘I don’t know, but I know I’ll be famous and I know I’ll make a shit ton of money.’
yQ8Bv TIL of Hanlon's Razor, which is to not attribute to malice that which is more easily explained by stupidity. It helps us avoid paranoia and ideology by not generally assuming that bad results are the fault of a bad actor. The explanation most likely to be right is the one with the least intent.
VMD5G TIL about Wendell Fertig, a US serviceman who rather than surrender with the bulk of US forces during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, “self-promoted” himself to Brigadier General and organized pockets of Filipino fighters and other US serviceman into a highly effective Guerilla force
G5o5 TIL Peanut butter in a plastic jar at the supermarket usually has a sell-by date of about 18 months after it hits the shelf. Past this date, if it’s unopened it’s still perfectly good. Opened, peanut butter will slowly develop off-flavors of rancid nuts over the next five or so years.