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TIL that Washington Irving the American creator of Sleepy Hollow was integral to popularizing our current understanding of not only Halloween, but also Christmas. His stories of a British manor at Christmas time would go on to inspire Charles Dickens.

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8aWDX TIL Prince was 5’2″, or 157.5 cm tall and weighed 112 pounds, he often wore heels to combat his small size. His grand piano was even modified by shortening the legs so he could reach the pedals while sitting down to play.
QRoa TIL Earth’s mantle holds several oceans worth of water.
ADQbd TIL Aretha Franklin was the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
XEK4R TIL Rodney Dangerfield suffered a mild heart attack while performing his act on The Tonight Show. While Dangerfield was doing his standup, Jay Leno noticed something was off with Dangerfield’s movements and asked his producer to call the paramedics.
awxx0 TIL that 1 in 4 Americans could not answer correctly that the Earth revolves around the sun (npr.org, 2014)