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TIL Beauty and the beast was written to help girls accept arranged marriages

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YABW TIL Despite having 1/10 the US population, more Canadians move to the United States per year than Americans move to Canada.
lRXA TIL that James Dean was likely bisexual, engaging in relationships with both prominent men and women. When asked about his sexuality, he responded, “No, I am not a homosexual. But I’m also not going to go through life with one hand tied behind my back.”
1aRWO TIL in December 1982, when Paul Allen was sick with cancer, he overheard Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer discussing his lack of contributions and how to dilute his equity by offering stock options to other employees and shareholders. Allen confronted them and quit a little bit later.
4X4bJ TIL the hill in the Windows XP desktop photo was actually part of a vineyard that had recently been destroyed by a bug infestation.
70KX TIL Frank Sinatra’s death coincided with the west coast airing of the series finale of Seinfeld. With everybody indoors watching the episode, the ambulance carrying Sinatra was able to get to the hospital in 10 minutes due to the light traffic.