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TIL That auctioneers talk fast to basically hypnotize you into buying things.

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wL8eJ TIL Patrick Stewart originally narrated a longer opening monologue in "The Nightmare Before Christmas." It remains on the soundtrack despite being cut from the film.
XYGE TIL The CEO of Nestle said that Drinking Water is not a human right, and that there should be a market value for it
JYW0V TIL The Rock was considered for the role of Willy Wonka in Tim Burton’s remake
xjo0 TIL Nazis use to sterilize prisoners by placing in a room and asking to complete forms, which took two to three minutes. In this time, the radiation treatment was administered and, unknown to the prisoners, they were rendered completely sterile
QdGd TIL the naked mole-rat is the only species of animal (including simple organisms) in which cancer has never been observed, it can’t feel pain through its skin, it’s the only mammal with a social structure similar to ants or termites including a reproducing queen, and it’s the longest living rodent.