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TIL American Gothic depicts a farmer and his daughter not his wife.

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9VNX TIL That ADHD Was Actually An Advantage For Our Nomadic Ancestors
EgoXo TIL that Tommy Maddox left the NFL after five unsuccessful years as a QB, and became an insurance agent. Two years later, an arena football team asked him to play. Maddox sold his agency and accepted the offer. He eventually returned to the NFL and helped the Pittsburgh Steelers win Super Bowl XL.
oBeY8 TIL Cats can recognise their own name. But unlike dogs, they're just not as keen to show their owners what they've learned.
epnEE TIL An estimated 1-3% of the population is virtually allergic to much of their food, especially processed or canned food and may not know it: Histamine Intolerance: the Current State of the Art
D11dV TIL After his very first performance, Elvis Presley's manager Jimmy Denny said, "You ain't goin' nowhere, son. You ought to go back to drivin' a truck."