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TIL that Weird Al's song White & Nerdy is his first and only song to reach the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #9 in 2006, nearly 30 years after his first album was released.

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alx9 TIL; there have been at least 9 confirmed political assassinations in the United States since 2000
8aRZX TIL In 1956 writer Harper Lee received an envelope from family and friends with a year’s salary in it. It read “You have one year off from your job to write whatever you please. Merry Christmas.” She wrote To kill a Mockingbird which won the Pulitzer prize and sold over 30 million copies worldwide
negb7 TIL that the first self help book was called Self-Help and was written by Dr. Samuel Smiles who coined the phrase "God helps those who help themselves."
J1gj4 TIL Dalhousie University was established in 1818 but due to constant budget issues didn't hold the first class until 1838. Classes were then sporadic and no degrees were given out until the first graduating class in 1866.
4NRR TIL that the Decatur Correctional Center in Decatur, IL, allows incarcerated women to keep their babies with them in prison for up to two years. The mothers have a 0% recidivism rate compared to the statewide average of 51.3%.