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TIL after a photo of Keanu Reeves looking sad and eating a sandwich alone on a bench went viral, he responded by writing a book of sad poems entitled “An Ode to Happiness” as a joke

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97x7 TIL Cincinnati was named after Roman dictator Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, who is cited as an example of outstanding leadership, service to the greater good, civic virtue, lack of personal ambition and modesty.
pYwAZ TIL that during WWI, conductor Karl Muck, a German-born Swiss citizen and conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, was interned as an enemy alien for more than a year and deported. He had been falsely accused of refusing to play the National Anthem before a concert.
e08gJ TIL in Texas schools students pledge allegiance to the Texas flag in addition to the United States flag
78MaM TIL that a year on Venus is shorter than a day on Venus
M98V TIL that asparagus touches 20 hands between field and market; is hugely labor-intensive to produce; and grows 7" per day