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TIL poet Carl Sandburg, when attempting to visit a high school in Illinois that was named after him, was mistaken for a hobo and ordered to leave the premises.

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wLOjo TIL in 1981, Radio Shack delivered a TRS-80 computer to Isaac Asimov's apartment. Although initially reluctant to use it, a Radio Shack employee came to set it up and tutor Asimov. This would end Asimov's exclusive use of a typewriter and he would eventually appear in Radio Shack's advertising.
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g1D9 TIL that your poop is not mostly fiber. By mass, it’s mostly dead and alive bacteria. Mostly alive.
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