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TIL one of the original dwarves in Disney’s Snow White was named “Deafy” whose primary trait was misunderstanding others. This idea was later jettisoned in favor of “Sneezy”.

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7rA1L TIL that in 2017, Dr. Dre donated $10 million to help build a state-of-the-art performing arts center at Compton High School.
kO68g TIL the phrase 'waiting for the other shoe to drop' originated in Manhattan where rooms were built on top of one another and when a neighbour took a shoe off and dropped it, you inevitably heard the other one drop as well, hence the phrase meant to await something inevitable which was to happen.
5YyDQ TIL Eratosthenes Calculated the circumference of the earth about 2200 years ago. His calculation 40,000 km (in modern units) is within 1% accuracy of earth’s circumference 40, 072 km (measured by orbiting spacecraft).
YpEZP TIL that the American Red Cross has updated their rules about who can donate blood, now allowing MSM, women who have sex with MSM, and former IV drug users to donate when they had been banned in the past.
x6b5b TIL That the functional sleeve buttons on suit jackets nowadays trace their origins back to military surgeons as they would unbutton their sleeves to perform surgery to avoid staining their sleeves when attending to patients. Hence the apt term “Surgeon Cuffs”.