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TIL there is a free online library with over a million ebooks available for “borrowing”

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e8Y5 TIL - “Rapper’s Delight”, at over 14 minutes long, was recorded in one take.
dnod TIL the American Civil War began in a man’s front yard and ended about 120 miles away in his new home’s front parlor (he moved to escape the war).
BRny TIL That in 1980 Saddam Hussein received the key to Detroit.
rN1Nd TIL that Genericide is the term for when the name of a distinctive product becomes the generic term for a general class of products (e.g. Jell-O used to describe all gelatin desserts)
b9yn7 TIL authors of the NUCLEAR WINTER hypothesis, Carl Sagan and Richard P. Turco, conceded to significantly scale back their theory after much criticism from specialized experts, including exaggerated numbers of dust and ash which wouldn't be the case from airburst nukes.