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TIL that Louisa May Alcott, the author of "Little Women," never actually wanted to write the book. She thought of the genre as "moral pap for the young," and only decided to write this novel in order to help her father.

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AN9wd TIL that every full moon has a nickname
VMxak TIL the outermost region of the Sun’s atmosphere, consisting of plasma (hot ionized gas), is called the “corona.” It has a temperature of approximately two million kelvins and an extremely low density. The corona continually varies in size and shape as it is affected by the Sun’s magnetic field.
B0Nx TIL that the “Vaportini” is a device whereby users heat alcoholic beverages and become intoxicated by inhaling the resulting vapors
vPwbR TIL that a study shows wearing a mask decreased the quality of chess players’ decisions—a measure of their cognitive performance. However, the disruptive effect of masks is relatively short-lived, gradually weakening so that there is no measurable disadvantage after roughly 4 hours of play.
7GOZ TIL that Vincent van Gogh put candles in his hat so he could paint at night, walked ridiculously fast, was a widow-chaser, and never once signed his paintings “Van Gogh”.