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TIL That Vision insurance is one step away from a scam

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a8pYo TIL Un'estate italiana, the official song of the 1990 FIFA World Cup held in Italy, was composed by Giorgio Moroder, the same Giorgio featured by Daft Punk in Giorgio by Moroder
XE8vX TIL: The study of the origin of language has frustrated scientists for centuries. Due to the lack of empirical evidence to work with, the Linguistic Society of Paris banned discussion of the topic in 1866 as unproductive, a ban academic linguists observed until the late 20th century.
Gnw4 TIL that Thanksgiving was made a national holiday because one woman obsessively campaigned to make it so until eventually President Lincoln agreed. The same woman also wrote “Mary had a little lamb” and lobbied for the creation of the Bunker Hill memorial.
R5Zv1 TIL that a man went to an auction to buy chairs and ended up buying Stonehenge
4Xppo TIL a bill named the COVFEFE Act was introduced in 2017 to ensure internet communication from the President, via Twitter or other means, is preserved and stored in the National Archives