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TIL Coffee Comes From a Fruit

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XEjPE TIL that figure skater Kevin Reynolds performed his solo routine for the 2016 Canadian National Figure Skating Championships to the song "Tank!," which is famous as the theme song to Cowboy Bebop. Reynolds performed the routine dressed as lead Bebop character Spike.
855V TIL that the actor that played gimli (as a dwarf beeing one of the smallest members of the fellowship) in the lotr trilogy was actually the tallest member of the fellowship (beeing 6’ 1")
4OKg TIL Windows 95 was the second most installed piece of software on computers in 1995; videogame DOOM was first.
e0LRL TIL Although nearly 80% of incoming community college students intend to go onto get a bachelor's degree, only 14% actually do so within 6 years, and less than 9% in 4 years.
RkBj TIL that the melody of Happy Birthday Song is not actually copyrighted, in fact it is only the words that are copyrighted.