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TIL that originally, Monopoly was invented in 1903 to expose the unfairness of a social system where a small minority screw the majority of tenants.

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9K77 TIL Humans almost became extinct about 70,000 yeas ago when the total population dropped below 2,000
v1XG4 TIL approximately once every 18 months (on average) a total solar eclipse is visible from some place on the Earth’s surface
RJYl TIL A species of bird called the Passenger Pigeon once numbered in the billions in the US, and flocks passing overhead would blot out the sun sometimes for hours or days. They were hunted to extinction for their meat by 1900.
oZAR TIL Audie Murphy, when asked after the war why he had seized the machine gun of a burning M10 tank destroyer and taken on an entire company of German infantry, he replied simply, “They were killing my friends.”
mGvx TIL a “Red Herring” logical fallacy is a point in an argument that misleads or distracts from the issue at hand. E.g. “If the world’s 15 largest cargo ships don’t burn the low grade fuel, someone will.” Doesn’t make the low grade fuel any more reasonable for the ships to burn it.