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TIL that the backhanded blessing, "May you live in interesting times," is not actually a Chinese expression.

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AKwl TIL that not even the Baha Men know the lyrics to the rap part of “Who Let The Dogs Out.”
8erAa TIL that Robin William’s final film role was a voice role as Dennis the Dog for Absolutely Anything directed by a pal of his Terry Jones of Monty Python fame.
rvKw TIL that if you loose a tooth but can put it back in it’s socket within 20 minutes, there’s an extremely high chance that the roots will heal themselves.
MeddK TIL that one of the songs from the soundtrack to The Terminator (1984) was co-written by Joe Dolce, who had become famous for writing and performing the comedy song Shaddap You Face a few years earlier. It plays during the scene where the robot attacks Sarah's friend Ginger and her partner.
wLA9Y til that in the 1952 Olympics, Luxembourg won a gold medal which was so unexpected that the band did not know their national anthem and instead had to improvise and played gibberish.