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Goldfish actually have a pretty good memory.

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Y76ZB TIL that the author of "Goodnight Moon" died following a routine operation at age 42, and did not live to see the success of her book. She bequeathed the royalties to Albert Clarke, the nine-year-old son of her neighbor, who squandered the millions the book earned him.
7VjO TIL Google purchased the domain name Gmail.com from Garfield Comics.
8eMrK TIL Hitler was a huge supporter of Henry Ford for many reasons including Ford’s staunch anti semitism.
WkrJB TIL the torch of the statue of liberty was closed on July 30, 1916, due to the Black Tom Explosion in the New York Harbor. It was a sabotage mission by the Germans during WWI.
GJXE TIL Grace Hopper was the developer of the first compiler for a programming language. She also invented the saying, “It’s easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission.”