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TIL of a play called the "Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda." "It critiques acclaimed musical Hamilton through a depiction of a fictionalized version of Lin-Manuel Miranda, who is visited by several historical figures missing from the musical in a style similar to Dickens' A Christmas Carol."

m1WyM TIL Tic Tacs are labeled as 0 calories per serving in the US but 387 calories per 100g in Europe. The difference is due to regulations: in the US, anything under 5 calories per serving can be rounded down to 0, while Europe lists the full calorie count per 100g, making the difference seem huge
Brk5b TIL Years after her death, an archive of Marilyn Monroe’s poems, letters, notes, recipes, and diary entries surfaced. The archive included Monroe admitting that her first marriage, at the age of 16, was to keep her out of the orphanage when her caretaker was in the psychiatric hospital.
dJ4d TIL that emotions and facial expressions are so closely related that people who have had Botox treatment sometimes have difficulty experiencing happiness/sadness.
oRAd8 TIL that there’s a rarely-sung fourth verse of "The Star-Spangled Banner" that includes the line, “In God is our trust.” This verse is typically left out in public performances and media, partly due to tradition and secularization—even though "In God We Trust" is still printed on U.S. currency.
LQeQ0 TIL Osama bin Laden's brother died by (accidentally) flying an airplane into a power line