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TIL that Rose from the movie Titanic was only 17 years old.

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4P96 TIL forensic scientists have said that around 80% of all British banknotes contain traces of drugs. A 1999 study found even higher levels of contamination in the London area; of 500 notes tested, only four had no traces of cocaine.
4xR TIL That Desi Arnaz, when producing I Love Lucy, helped to create the multiple-camera setup production style using adjacent sets that have become the standard for all subsequent situation comedies to this day. He also came up with the idea of shooting the show in front of a live audience.
gMR7A TIL That the Goodwill will refuse to take your old office chair, bean bags, or box spring mattresses
GAn5G TIL, that Elijah Muhammad was a self proclaimed African American prophet that a minority group of Muslims follow.
WkaQ9 TIL in a study of over 500 million users on a social media service similar to Twitter, researchers found different users share similar affective states- specifically the correlation of anger among users is significantly higher than that of joy.