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TIL when in 2015 Domino's was rolling out their Driver Tracker, they were considering having the app show "fun facts" about the delivery driver, such as their favorite sports teams and music they listen to on the way over.

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W7w1B TIL: That Christine McVie wrote the song "Songbird" in just half an hour at around midnight, but didn't have anyone around to record it. To ensure she did not forget the chord structure and melody, McVie remained awake the entire night and played the song for producer Ken Caillat the next morning.
8eKjb TIL that Amazon and Congo Rivers were part of the same river system before the continents drifted away
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gYKW TIL that cost of college textbooks has risen 812 percent since 1978, far outpacing the rise in costs for medical services and home prices in USA.
WkX84 TIL of Gad Beck, a Jew who borrowed a neighbour’s Hitler Youth uniform in 1942 and snuck into a pre-deportation camp to rescue his lover, Manfred Lewin. He got Lewin released by lying to the camps CO. Outside, Lewin said he couldn’t abandon his family and went back. Lewin and his family all died.