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TIL That Lewis Carrol’s infamous riddle, “Why is a raven like a writing desk?”, has an answer.

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7Max TIL Africa doesn’t need aid or help,according to Sudanese billionaire Mohammed Ibrahim. “It’s a very rich continent. There is no justification for us to be poor…the problem isn’t lack of money. It’s governance"
4XQyR TIL The only clear footage of the first plane hitting the World Trade Center on 9/11 was filmed by french filmmakers who were making a documentary on a Manhattan firehouse.
GE05 TIL the term “mosh” (as in “most pit”) originated with singer H.R. of Bad Brains. He would frequently incite the audience to “mash” into each other, and his thick Jamaican accent rendered the word as “mosh”.
0weML TIL that in addition to being the NBA's leading scorer with 38,387 points, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is also a professional writer who contributes to Time Magazine, The Washington Post, and has also written books which are New York Times best sellers.
6JO8 TIL Morgan Freeman is against Black History Month