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TIL Grimace from McDonald's is an enormous taste bud

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VMemG TIL in the 50s and 60s both American and Soviet films were banned in Yugoslavia, so instead they imported films from Mexico, who were going through their cinematic golden age. This created a Mexican craze in Yugoslavia where Yugoslav singers would dress like mariachis, sing songs in a Mexican style
8epJa TIL that the term Gaslighting comes from a 1938 play and a 1944 film, in which an abusive husband Gregory manipulates his wife Paula to make her feel as if she has gone mad. One of the ways he does this is by dimming and brightening the gaslights, all while convincing Paula that its all in her head.
7bBZ TIL that chewing gum is an effective booster of mental performance, & often a better test aid than caffeine
OogKR TIL that before Paris was liberated from the Nazis, Hitler ordered military governor Dietrich von Choltitzthe to demolish the Eiffel Tower and other major landmarks. He refused this direct order, and surrendered to the Allies instead, saving the tower.
m49v TIL a well-known hacker fired from Valve claims the company’s flat management structure actually has “a hidden layer of powerful management… with a weird paranoia that their culture would be contaminated”