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TIL Gillette and Schick have openly blamed their recent decline in profitability on bearded hipsters

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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.
yV7eX TIL the universe is mostly hydrogen (74%) and helium (24%). All other matter is part of the remaining 2% of stuff in the universe. The sum total of this matter accounts for less than 5% of the universe’s energy.
x6BO5 TIL Brøderbund missed out on world exclusive Tetris rights for only 50k!
Rbp9 TIL Warm water freezes faster than cold, and that scientists still don’t know why.
yVW9w TIL that parchment is made from animal skins or leather. All my life I always thought it was made from wood like other papers.