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TIL Eminem was interviewed on 60 Minutes and showed Anderson Cooper how to rhyme the word “orange” by making it two syllables: “I put my orange four-inch door-hinge in storage and ate porridge with George.”

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yQpRJ TIL that a Christian sect called "Millerites" believed that Christ would return by Oct. 22, 1844. When that didn't happen, the "Great Disappointment" caused them to fall into confusion and disband, with some former Millerites reinterpreting their doctrine and forming the Seventh Day Adventists.
m8eR TIL there is a book titled “everything Men Know About Women” that has about 100 pages, all of which are blank
R5N07 TIL of John George Haigh whose crimes made him initially known as the Vampire of London before he was hanged in 1949.
WkONL TIL the African nation of Zambia aspired to beat US and Russia in the Space Race. Their "Afronaut" prep. program included using a tire swing to simulate weightlessness along with downhill barrel rolls for the g-force. They also had plans to Christianize the Martian population, among other things.
GYLo7 TIL The Racial Equality Proposal was a proposed Japanese amendment to the Treaty of Versailles demanding racial equality among citizens of the League of Nations. It received opposition from the US and Australia, and this rejection caused Japan to alienate and militarize leading up to WWII.