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TIL that Tolkien disliked the Narnia stories, one of the reasons was that the christian meaning was too obvious.

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79LL TIL that a Hollywood style Submarine vs Submarine underwater kill has only ever happened one time.
JYV58 TIL that companies don't follow the existing standard for the sizing of women's clothes. In 1937 a woman with a 32" bust would wear a size 14. In 1967 it was an 8. Then in 2011, it was a size 0. More expensive brands of women's pants tend to be smaller than those from cheaper brands.
nW959 Today I learned that Louis Vuitton, Givenchy, Fendi, Christian Dior, and Marc Jacobs are all owned by the same company.
5aXB TIL of a theory that says society has 4 stages of approx 20 yrs: High (strong institutions; low individualism), Awakening (strong activism & art), Unraveling (distrusted institutions; strong individualism), and Crisis (destroy institutions for national survival). We’re in the Crisis stage.
oQZo TIL a planet shaped like a donut is theoretically possible