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TIL that tapping your legs to the beat of music involuntarily is a natural thing and it's because of a phenomenon called entrainment

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b9paE TIL that Joseph Stalin was a huge fan of John Wayne and his movies, but considered having him assassinated for his outspoken anti-communist politics.
j611E TIL that statues of biblical kings, located on the west facade of the Notre-Dame de Paris, were decapitated during the French Revolution because they were mistaken for statues of French kings
690Yw TIL that KFC’s handwritten recipe is stored in a safe within a vault at KFC’s Louisville headquarters. To maintain confidentiality, KFC employs two separate suppliers: one blends part of the recipe, and the other completes it, ensuring no single entity has access to the entire formulation. 
nWXnG TIL that over 2,000 years ago the Greek astronomer Eratosthenes estimated the Earth’s circumference to be equivalent to 26,000 miles, a 5% error. He did this based on the Sun shining down wells in the Egyptian cities of Alexandria and Styene and knowing how far apart they were.
YRrA TIL Renaissance Genius Leonardo da Vinci was a chronic procrastinator.