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TIL another term for an intrusive thought is “The Imp of the Perverse”, a metaphor (popularized / coined by Edgar Allan Poe) for the urge to do exactly the wrong thing in a given situation for the sole reason that it is possible for wrong to be done.

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D9dv TIL after Hurricane Ike, Comcast customers were billed as much as $1000 for unreturned equipment like DVRs that had been destroyed by the hurricane.
78G9P TIL that the “myth of the clean Wehrmacht,” the notion that the regular German army wasn’t involved in Nazi war crimes, was promoted by US leadership to facilitate German rearmament amid Cold War tensions.
1VZ7 TIL that a Chinese rickshaw puller donated 350,000 yuan to enable more than 300 poor students continue with their studies, by the time he passed away at the age of 93 years.
vPX5L TIL that banana is a popular topping for pizza in Iceland, and it's often enjoyed with pineapple, ham, or bleu cheese.
o00A TIL the papal density of Vatican City is 2.27 popes per square km