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TIL the director of ‘Warcraft’ is David Bowie’s son.
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TIL There was once an academic club called the Askesian Society. It's existence was dedicated promotion of scientific thinking and the use of nitrous oxide.
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TIL the origin of the famous "Take my wife--please!" joke. Comedian Henny Youngman went with his wife to a radio show and asked a stagehand to "take my wife, please" (i.e. escort her to a seat). The stagehand thought it was a joke and laughed, so Henry made it part of his standup routine.
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TIL the top 25 best selling console games of all time are all on Nintento platforms except for Skyrim and GTA
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TIL Antibacterial soap is no better than regular soap at preventing sickness, and children who use it regularly are more likely to develop peanut allergies and hay fever.
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TIL when United Airlines baggage handlers broke a musician’s valued guitar and then spent a year refusing to pay for repairs, he wrote a song called “United Breaks Guitars” that got over 16 million hits on YouTube, caused United stock to sink 10%, and finally forced them to pay $3,000 compensation.