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TIL that an estimated 1.6 million people don’t have indoor plumbing in the United States.

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OGLw6 TIL that Michael Jackson's Thriller was originally called Starlight. While Jackson and Quincy Jones liked the song they thought that it could be improved upon so they sent the song writer Rod Temperton back to rework the lyrics. Thus the legendary Thriller was born.
b6mZa TIL In the biblical story of Peter, Jesus did not rename the man called Simon/Simeon with the name Peter. He called him "rock". Petra is just the Latin/Greek version of the word "rock". It was later anglicized to "Peter"
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