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TIL that the drawer under your stove is not originally intended for storing extra cookware, but for keeping cooked food warm during meal preparation.

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9KPD Today I Learned In 2000, a fight broke out while Zevon was performing “Werewolves of London” at the Bowery Ballroom in New York. Zevon stopped, waited for the fight to end, said “I bet this never happens at Sting concerts,” and continued the song.
rEE4 TIL that on any given night there are around 60,000 homeless war vets sleeping on americas streets.
OGkdR TIL that a neutron star can have a mass similar to our Sun but be only about 30 km across. One such neutron star spins at an incredible 43,000 rpm, rotating 716 times each second. This makes it one of the fastest-spinning objects in the universe.
ZgLa TIL the Southern Baptist denomination was created for the sole purpose of supporting slavery in the South, they didn’t apologize for their stance on slavery until 1995.
nWxjo TIL: The screenwriters of the 1957 film "Bridge on the River Kwai" were on the Hollywood blacklist, so the non-english speaking author of the book the film was based on was credited as the screenwriter instead. The film won an academy award for screenwriting.