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TIL Talking to yourself in the third person - a technique known as illeism - can improve your decision making and emotional stability

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MeaQA TIL that Dolly Parton and her husband of 50 years have no children of their own.
epDPJ TIL that some ants vomit on each other to say hello.
9YdNp TIL that Christian Bale struggled with the role of Patrick Bateman until he noticed Tom Cruise in an interview, being struck by Cruise's energy and "intense friendliness with nothing behind the eyes"
Vem0 TIL On April 15, 1940, Stravinsky’s unconventional major seventh chord in his arrangement of the Star Spangled Banner led to his arrest by the Boston police for violating a federal law that prohibited the reharmonization of the National Anthem.
R9jj TIL Abraham Lincoln’s sole guard at Ford’s Theater on April 14, 1865 was an unreliable cop who walked to the saloon next door to get drunk during the fateful play. Ironically, John Wilkes Booth was at the same saloon working up courage before walking next door to assassinate the unguarded President.