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TIL" George Washington allegedly said before his death that he "would never set foot on English soil again," so when they erected a statue of him in London, they put US soil under the statue to honor that claim

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awoVJ TIL a bunch of friends and family tried to help Steve-O overcome his drug addiction and failed. One time he got so high on Nitrous Oxide that he hallucinated a formal intervention to help him out.
69vJw TIL of "Palilalia," a condition in which some people repeat their own words to themselves, usually although not always under their breath.
4Yyo TIL Beyonce’s hit song “Run the World (Girls)” is a heavily sampled version of a song by 3 men, and was co-written by 2 other men. The only female writer or producer involved in the song was Beyonce herself.
QJgvL TIL that BumbleBee Tuna had an awful fatality in 2012 where an employee was pressure-cooked... Alive...
KOw86 TIL Christopher Reeve considered suicide after his accident. His wife, Dana, assured him that no matter he decides, she will be by his side. He never considered suicide again.