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TIL about "sniper tourism" where rich people paid 100k for "human hunting" in the bosnian war during the 90s
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TIL a man watching an episode of the "Antiques Roadshow" noticed a Navajo blanket, that was similar to one his grandma left him (and had been sitting in his closet for years), be appraised for $300K-$500K. He then got his blanket authenticated and put it up for auction where it sold for $1.5 million
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TIL Cardinal Serra nearly accidentaly became pope during the conclave of 1513 after several conclavists voted for him as the "most unworthy" and thus most unlikely to get elected, as they were unwilling to reveal their true choice yet. Serra got 13 out of 17 votes required to get elected
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TIL the one scene that Steven Spielberg directed that made him cry on set was in Lincoln (2012); it's a four-minute speech given by Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln trying to explain to his cabinet the urgency of passing the 13th Amendment (which abolished slavery) into Constitutional law.
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TIL Afshan Azad, who played Padma Patil in Harry Potter, was threatened with death threats by her father and brother after they discovered she was dating a non-Muslim man. Azad's brother got six months for assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Her father got off scot-free.
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TIL the Maldives became the first country in the world to enforce a nationwide generational smoking ban, barring anyone born on or after January 1, 2007 from ever buying, using or smoking tobacco. The country already had a complete ban on vapes and e-cigarettes, regardless of age.
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TIL that switching between tasks can take up to 15 minutes for your brain to reorient, making multitasking less efficient than focused work
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TIL Tesla claimed it would grow its EV sales by 50% each year. Instead, Tesla is on track for its third year of sales decline.
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