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TIL Ernest Hemingway took a urinal from his favorite bar and moved it into his Key West home, arguing that he had “pissed away” so much of his money into the urinal that he owned it.

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pY5B4 TIL that IKEA rugs were used for the Night’s Watch cloaks in Game of Thrones.
L4DQ TIL Massachusetts passed laws requiring children to be educated by the 1640s and informally required children to be taught to read and write from its founding. Mississippi, on the other hand, was the last state to create compulsory education laws, and didn’t require school attendance until 1918.
mxmDM TIL that every year, the Colombian Army provides an armed escort during the migration period of black crabs, which are only found on the island of Providencia
evjg TIL That Ferrero, the company that makes Ferrero Rochers also makes Kinder, Tic-Tacs, and Nutella. Also, Nutella alone uses a quarter of the worlds annual hazelnut supply.
R7a96 TIL Renowned Harvard psychologist Jerome Kagan is sceptical of the mental-health establishment and pharmaceutical companies, accusing them of incorrectly classifying millions as mentally ill out of self-interest and greed