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TIL about the "3-S Treatment" which stands for "Shoot Shovel and Shut up" a method used primarily in rural areas to prevent restrictions being place upon owned land due to the presence of Endangered Species by killing them and burying the evidence before they could be discovered by the government.

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5V9W9 TIL of the Name-Letter Effect, where people tend to like the letters in their name over other letters. It holds in other languages, and is tied to self-esteem. People tend to favor brands that share their initials, and donate to disaster relief for hurricanes with their same first letter.
NxmQ TIL Mattel made and sold Wonder Woman’s “invisible jet” as a collectible. The package was an empty plastic shell with nothing inside, and was originally intended as an April Fool’s joke. It now sells for several hundred dollars.
lvZ7 TIL that, according to old Christian folklore, blackberries should not be picked after October 11. On this day, Satan was banished from Heaven, fell into a blackberry bush, and peed on them.
ZpwJa TIL Bill Stettner was a pioneering photographer. His photos appeared everywhere. He died risking everything for copyright laws but was scammed out of a fortune.
OoxGL TIL that in 1946 there were Waffen SS soldiers that guarded Nuremberg Trials