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TIL Carpe Diem actually means the opposite of YOLO. It’s meaning is to take action and be responsible for your future today.

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JY8vQ TIL There are pencils which once they're too small to use can be planted and will grow into herbs, vegetables or flowers like basil or sunflowers.
16yn7 TIL Captain Francesco Schettino caused the Costa Concordia disaster, leading to 32 deaths, because he was distracted trying to impress a woman. Even after the crash, he didn’t tell anyone for over an hour about the massive hole in the ship and was more worried about coming up with an excuse.
1bZV TIL that by age 32, Shawn Kemp had fathered 11 children with at least 10 different women.
d8Byj TIL a man was attacked for having a beard in 1830, then imprisoned for defending himself. He died in 1873, by which time beards were fashionable. His tombstone reads, "Persecuted for wearing the beard."
npEb TIL the word “parmesan” isn’t regulated in the United States and is usually imitation cheese