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TIL that singer Carly Simon's father is the founder and namesake of the Simon & Schuster publishing company

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16Q5P TIL there is a former french colony in india that celebrates bastille day
9YNR7 TIL that an American minister travelled to Britain to learn methods to teach the deaf. After being denied by the British, he learned his methods from the French. As a result, ASL has a 60% similarity to French sign language, and is almost unintelligible to a British sign language user.
a8PB0 TIL Rob Lowe was uncredited in Tommy Boy (1995) despite having a major speaking role because at the time he was contractually obligated to a miniseries of The Stand. Instead of going through legal hoops to get out of it, he essentially agreed to be in the film as a favor to his friend, Chris Farley.
loVL5 TIL That Albus Dumbledore's Chair From The Harry Potter Films Was The Inspired By The Coronation Chair AKA King Edward's Chair.
xVYrB TIL the last B-52's are projected to continue service until some time in the 2050's, meaning the plane will have been in service for almost 100 years.