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TIL Brandolini’s Law:The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.

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YEvr TIL in England during WWII the US military demanded segregation. The locals in Lancashire complied and put a “Black Troops Only” sign on a pub and a mini-race-war ensued.
rRE0M TIL of the disappearances of Terrance Williams and Felipe Santos. Both men went missing in 2004 and 2003, respectively, under similar circumstances in Naples, Florida. Both men were last seen being arrested by Steve Calkins, who claims he changed his mind about both arrests and let them go.
MpK8 Today I learned that there is a self mummification practice, in which extreme ascetics commit suicide over ten years with the goal of turning their own body into a mummy as a sign of spiritual enlightenment.
NXd68 TIL Greenland's name was made by Erick the Red hoping that the pleasant name would lure other settlers to the island. To some extent, the trick worked because several Vikings from Iceland who were escaping famine managed to establish some settlements in Greenland after a few years.
x67Po TIL that Utah is considered a sanctuary state by the ICE