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TIL The Paris Peace talks involving North and South Korea back in 1968 were stalled because neither country could agree on the shape of the negotiating table.

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VMdaZ TIL The first openly gay celebrity was actor Billy Haines. In the 1920s, Haines was a silent film star with films like The Midnight Express, Little Annie Rooney, and Navy Blues. Haines, who was under contract with MGM, was told to marry a woman by MGM. He refused and never acted again.
LkaZP TIL homophily describes the tendency of people to associate with those who look like them and have similar backgrounds. It is also related to assortative mating, the pattern of people (and other species) mating with those who look like them.
DQ01Y TIL Nick Cave, the musician, wrote a draft script for Gladiator 2 in which Maximus is resurrected for eternity; sent to kill Jesus Christ and his disciples; fights in the Crusades, World War II, and Vietnam; and works at the Pentagon in the present day. The script was rejected and scrapped.
yQbPJ TIL that after the Siege of Weinsberg, a surrender was negotiate in which the women were allowed to leave with whatever they could lift on their shoulders. Instead of carrying their belongings, the women lifted their husbands on their shoulders and headed out of town.
mnBO TIL that Catalan activist Enric Duran took out 68 loans from a total of 39 banks between 2006-2008, with no collateral, and no intention of repaying, and used the money to finance activist movements, as an act of ‘financial civil disobedience’