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TIL Children’s books have 50% more rare words written in them than words spoken in an average showing of adult prime-time television.

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69gJY TIL that mushrooms are more closely related to humans than to plants
7rRY7 TIL that Freddie Mercury used to sneak Princess Diana into gay bars disguised as a man, and once brought her to the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, which is still a highlight of the London gay scene today.
6XgY TIL that during President Jackson’s inaugural ball, the party goers were so rowdy that White House attendants had to put huge tubs of liquor outside to lure people out of the building.
MeQKb TIL there is a hotel in Bolivia made completely out of salt, and licking the walls is strictly forbidden
1aBAV TIL Listerine was invented in the nineteenth century as powerful surgical antiseptic. It was later sold, in distilled form, as both a floor cleaner and a cure for gonorrhea...