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TIL the term "mentor" is derived from the character Mentor from The Odyssey. He was a friend of Odysseus and watched over his son, Telemachus, while he was gone.

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loJGV TIL that a man named Ted Jorgensen had abandoned his son at birth. Years later, he got a visit from a biographer walking in his bike shop. The biographer asked him about his son who he had never heard of up until that moment, Jeff Bezos.
7gAO TIL Jon Stewart is the highest-paid late night host, making an estimated $25-30 million per year.
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pm1G TIL Black women and White men have the second lowest divorce rate in the US.