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TIL 1/3 of Harvard students are legacies.

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nW0jG TIL that the very first book published in the New World, Breve y mas compendiosa doctrina Christiana en lengua Mexicana y Castellana (1539), was published in Nahuatl and Spanish languages
L8nd TIL free internet pioneer NetZero still exists, making $225 million in 2013
x60d7 TIL that cellentani pasta (also known as cavatappi) is named after singer Adriano Celentano, who you may know as the singer of "Prisencolinensinainciusol"
xV7Qg TIL that the White House was renovated between 1949 and 1952 and that historian refer to this period as "The Truman Reconstruction"
QA8k TIL the little girl who sang “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” actually got one, thanks to a newspaper campaign. She gave it to the local zoo and it lived there for 47 years.