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TIL that early hunter-gatherer societies enjoyed more leisure time than is permitted by capitalist and agrarian societies

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VMkAG TIL in 1989, MLB broadcaster Jim Rooker said he'd walk back to Pittsburgh from Philadelphia if the Pirates blew a 10-run lead. When the Phillies came back and won 15-11, Rooker hosted a a 300-plus-mile charity walk from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh.
GAXD4 TIL Dobro resonator guitars; with large metallic, sound plates, are much louder. All metal-body resonator guitars inspired Paul Simon's Going to Graceland line, "The Mississippi Delta was shining like a National guitar." David Gilmour's Dobro sold for a record (no pun intended) $112,500. in 1979.
nwNG TIL that the Roman Catholic Church is the largest non-government provider of health care services in the world.
wLKn7 TIL that the 1994 hit song "Macarena" is about a girl named Macarena who cheats on her boyfriend with two friends while he’s being drafted into the army
LkKGd TIL We are currently in the Stelliferous Era, which in the grand scale of the universe is the age where stars are created throughout the universe. Eventually all stars will burn out, & we will enter the Black Hole Era followed by the Dark Era, where there is no longer any light in the universe.