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Jul 01, 2020

TIL: A Swedish king, Gustav III, believed coffee was so bad for you that he once set up a human experiment to prove it. He ‘forced’ a prisoner to drink coffee 3 times a day, believing it would kill him in a matter of weeks. The prisoner outlived the king and the doctors appointed to oversee him.

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Apr 12, 2020

TIL in 2015 "Hello Barbie" was released. She used speech recognition and connected to wifi. When you pressed her belt buckle, Barbie saved what you said to the cloud so she could learn your likes and dislikes and incorporate them into future conversations. Some parents found it "too creepy".

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Dec 16, 2019

TIL when Patrick Stewart grew a comb over as a young bald man, some friends of his invited him on a picnic, then forcibly held him down, cut it off, and told him "You be yourself. No more hiding."

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Oct 10, 2019

TIL that Willie Nelson is the only person to out-smoke Snoop Dogg.

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Sep 28, 2019

TIL the philosopher Hegel believed that every era of history has wisdom to offer - history is not primitive. The present is not necessarily 'more advanced', but also contains blind spots that history can give answers to.

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