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TIL Whamageddon - a game played during the 24 days before Christmas in which players try to go from 1 - 24 December without hearing "Last Christmas" by Wham!

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KOoWa TIL one of the first people to use the term "American Exceptionalism" was Stalin in 1929 when he argued that USA was not at all exceptional, and that it will eventually fall to revolution like any other nation.
pJY8 TIL If all 600 muscles in your body pulled in one direction, you could lift 25 tons.
mxQXP TIL carbonated water makes plants grow faster and makes green plants grow greener more than tap water.
mynv TIL that when Kelli Garrett, one of the only survivors of the Toy-Box Killer, escaped after two days of captivity, neither the police or her husband believed her story. Her husband divorced her, believing instead that she had instead been cheating on him.
womjo TIL that barbers in the medieval times used to perform surgery and tooth extractions in addition to cutting hair, which is why barber’s poles are red, white, and blue.