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TIL that Mr. T’s real name is “Laurence Tureaud”

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9wVxD TIL that Santa Anna, the Mexican general and politician best known in the US for besieging the Alamo, later lived in exile in the US where his attempts at selling a rubber substitute inadvertently helped introduce chewing gum to the country.
W7BQY TIL of David Kelly, a British weapons expert. Two days after being publicly named as the source behind a BBC report questioning the UK government's claim about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, Kelly committed suicide a short walk from his home.
oBWv7 TIL the term “Suspension of disbelief,” defined as a "willingness to suspend one's critical faculties . . . for the sake of enjoyment" refers to one of Aristotle’s principles of theater in which the audience accepts fiction as reality so as to experience a catharsis.
DQWrg TIL About 30% of people are natural “night owls,” genetically predisposed to peak later in the day.
ZgjG TIL Sleep deprivation has the same effects on your brain as alcohol.