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TIL that a meta analysis of economic data found that Immigration does not actually largely impact wages.

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BAyr TIL In 2006, a German rabbit farmer sent 12 giant rabbits (the size of dogs) to North Korea for the purpose of a breeding program, but he refused to send more after realizing that officials might have eaten the rabbits instead of breeding them.
YpA0P TIL that until 1964, Mr. Potato Head toys were meant to be used with real potatoes. The toy was shipped with “plastic facial pieces,” which had sharp ends that had to be forcibly inserted into a potato (not included), and presented both choking and stabbing hazards for small children.
9YV5D TIL closed captions and subtitles are different. Closed captions assume that watchers can't hear anything, therefore describing background noises, music and other audio cues that need discribing, while subtitles are assuming that the watchers can hear, and just says what the characters are saying.
Oxj4 TIL: “One man actually succeeded in reinventing the wheel. John Keogh … submitted a patent application for a ‘circular transportation facilitation device’ in May 2001, shortly after a new patent system was introduced in Australia. His 'wheel’ was issued a patent.”
JXRl TIL a genetic study of people from Iceland found a number of them had a mutation predominantly found among Native Americans. It has theorised that this could be because of American women breeding with Viking men, during Norse exploration of America in the 11th century AD.