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TIL of the “Kentucky bend”, 17 square miles of the state separated from the rest of the state and its county seat by Missouri, and only accessible by driving through Tennessee.

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M7ydA TIL that famed tennis player Andre Agassi's famous hairstyle was a wig and the night before Agassi was set to play the final of the 1999 French Open his wig fell apart and the makeshift wig that he created worried him so much during play that it cost him the match.
9YV5M TIL Kristian Nairn, the actor who played Hodor in Game of Thrones, is a house/EDM music DJ, and he has played alongside people like Fatboy Slim and Steve Aoki. He also headlines his own “Rave of Thrones” club show, a fully immersive Game of Thrones clubbing experience which has toured the UK and US.
mx0Mx TIL all Speaker's gavels in the US Congress are made by the House Carpentry Shop, which also makes all the seals and signs around the capitol building.
9wZaQ TIL “That Saved By The Bell” originally aired as the show “Good Morning, Miss Bliss” for one season before being retooled. Those episodes then aired as “Saved by the Bell: The Junior High Years”
5Y66k TIL a Harvard research showed that having no friends is as deadly as smoking. Researchers have discovered a link between loneliness and the levels of blood-protein which can cause heart attacks and strokes