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TIL Promissory Materialism is the belief that science will eventually prove the truth of materialism (i.e. the philosophical view that everything that exists is made up of matter or is dependent on physical processes) through discoveries that have not yet been made.

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dVMj TIL one of the oldest companies in America sold soap to George Washington and many other presidents. They still sell the scents in the exact formulas today.
rRpLW TIL that Collateral (2004) and The Transporter (2002) take place in the same universe. Transporter director Louis Leterrier revealed that Jason Statham reprised his role as Frank Martin when he delivered the brief case to Tom Cruise in the opening scene of Collateral.
kOlPe TIL: About Bobby Guldan, an MLB player that was traded from the New York Yankees to the Seattle Mariners, for himself. One of a handful of players traded for themselves due to the 'player to be named later clause'
e0aWb TIL in 1989, 2 million people joined hands and formed a human chain spanning 675.5 kilometres (419.7 mi) across Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuanua. They were peacefully demonstrating for independence for their countries from the Soviet Union.
8lY8 TIL Chinese parents can now sue their children for not visiting often enough