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TIL John Lennon was a wife beater.

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MeLQB TIL of Semantic Satiation: the psychological phenomenon in which repetition causes a word or phrase to lose meaning for the listener, who then perceives the speech as repeated meaningless sounds.
kJlE5 TIL the BBC programme "The Black and White Minstrel Show," with white actors performing in blackface, aired for 20 years ending in 1978. Once, in 1967, as an experiment, the network aired a version where black actors performed in whiteface.
4k4ZR TIL that the world record for the tallest stack of M&M’s candy pieces is 6.
R5ar4 TIL 18% of adults with asthma smoke, compared to 13.6% of adults without asthma
0kwM TIL “The number you have dialed is not in service” was recorded by singer and voice actor, Jane Barbe, and heard by 300 million people per week