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TIL casino mogul Steve Wynn gave up attending Yale Law School due to his father's gambling debt.

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Yp18G TIL in 1818, German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer described the post-orgasm moment of clarity as "devil's laughter", explaining: "They have fulfilled their need to reproduce and are momentarily caught in the abyss of meaninglessness."
ANYBx TIL basal cell carcinoma grows roots. What looks like a small bump that’s not healing on top of your skin on the outside could actually be much larger underneath. It’s a very treatable skin cancer, but also has a high rate if reoccurrence.
WkbRA TIL that the alchemist dream of transmuting lead into gold has actually been achieved
1xXr TIL that in 1985 Phil Collins first performed at the Live Aid concert at Wembley (UK), 5 hours later he joined the Live Aid concert in Philadelphia (US) at the same local time as in London, thanks to the Concorde.
NJn6 TIL ancient Roman philosophers sported different styles of beards to distinguish which school of philosophy they belonged to.