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TIL Almost all is actually a mathematically defined term

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Z8kgR TIL that Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, John Cage, Miles Davis, the Everly Brothers, Dave Brubeck, Tony Bennett and Edith Piaf all worked with the same producer - George Avakian - in the 1950s and 1960s.
wJGM TIL that Marie Curie’s notebook has to be kept in a lead-lined box, and won’t be safe to handle for another 1,601 years. If you want to visit some of her other person items, you have to sign a liability waiver.
pYvoe TIL that not only is it possible to make cheese from breast milk, someone made mac and cheese with it and served it to Gordon Ramsay
vnDx TIL that the longest unbroken alliance in world history is between England and Portugal; it has been going for 631 years and still stands today.
VeeQ TIL Banging your head against a wall burns 150 calories an hour.