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TIL 30% of American adults do not consume any alcohol ever

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xVdwk TIL that William Shakespeare was inspired to write "Hamlet" - a play driven by the grief of a son for his father - by the death of his own son, Hamnet, who died at age 11. He began work on Hamlet a couple of years later. Until that time he had most been writing comedy plays.
5V8yD TIL Smirnoff is made in America
vPm4x TIL about Leo, a cat adopted by employees at a Home Depot to aid in rodent control who now lives at the store. Leo The Cat has become a local and internet celebrity after being showered with gifts, food and toys by the community and can be found patrolling the store for pests or sleeping on aisle 45
M4Jm TIL That Dennis “Chip” Wilson named his company Lululemon because “Japanese peoples’ inability to pronounce the letter "L”, and the extra effort they would have to make to pronounce the name" and “It’s funny to watch them try and say it,”
xV4ZD TIL A "dirty thunderstorm" is a lightning strike inside a volcanic cloud