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TIL Sam Esmail, creator of Mr. Robot, suffers from social anxiety which plays a huge part in Elliot's life

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XP9P TIL a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas. It sold for over $63,000
8QgX TIL In 1968 a student at Oregon University turned up to every class in a black bag and sat at the back of the room in silence. At first the student was treated with hostility, then curiosity before finally friendship. This is known as the mere-exposure effect.
OoNbL TIL That the phrase 'flying saucer' used as a substitute for an UFO is the result of a mistaken newspaper report in 1947 of the first well-known UFO sighting by the business mogul Kenneth Arnold who said the speeding aerial was crescent-shaped but moved "like saucers skipping on water".
BrPlL TIL of Albert Pierrepoint, England's lead hangman from the 1940's-1950's. He executed many Nazi's and other high profile murderers. He owned a pub and usually was able to carry out an execution and still make it back to open his bar on time. He once had to hang one of his regular pub customers.