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TIL that a 30 ft tall log - the “Old Man of the Lake” - has been bobbing vertically on its end in Oregon’s Crater Lake since at least 1896.

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DwrD TIL in Dubai you can push a fridge magnet to order a pizza delivered to your door
JYPm1 TIL that the pain of loss is more powerful psychologically than the joy of gain, according to the concept of "loss aversion" identified by Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman. People tend to prefer avoiding losses to acquiring equivalent gains, for example, it is better to not lose $5 than to find $5.
RWe8 TIL When Disney bought LucasFilm, they also gained access to the “Holocron” created by Lucas. It contains lists of “17,000 characters in the Star Wars universe inhabiting several thousand planets over a span of more than 20,000 years.”
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9Y0M7 TIL that Motoball is a team sport similar to football, but all players (except goalkeepers) are riding motorcycles, and the ball is much bigger.