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TIL That singer-songwriter and actor Kris Kristofferson was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford after graduating summa cum laude from Pomona College

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RjW9 TIL the closest living relative of whales are hippos
a86LN TIL Jay-Z managed to obtain the permission to have a sample from Annie on "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)" by writing the copyright holder a letter about his childhood trip to see the Broadway musical. However, the letter was a fib and Jay-Z had never seen the show.
epn8L TIL that Sri Lanka was called Ceylon under British rule.
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MeVDB TIL that Diarrhea killed approximately as many people as HIV and AIDS in 2012