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TIL there have been over 200 flavors of Kit-Kat in Japan

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yQ7Wp TiL That Prince asked Journey's Jonathan Cain for his blessing when he had recorded "Purple Rain" because he was worried it sounded too much like Journey's "Faithfully"
19VV TIL that drinking coffee daily lowers risk of suicide by 50% for both me and woman
YpDVP TIL that on 9/11/2001, North East Air Defense Sector commanding officer Kevin Nasypany remarked "The hijack's not supposed to be for another hour" because they had scheduled a simulation involving politically motivated asylum-seekers hijacking a plane & landing it on a Cuba-like island
WaOd TIL that after the city of Rome was sacked in 410, the emperor Honorius was told that “Rome has perished”, which he interpreted to mean that his prized chicken “Rome” had died. When told it was the city instead, he breathed “a sigh of relief.”
9wAr6 TIL of Marni Nixon, a singer who dubbed the voices of many actresses in the 1950’s and 1960’s, including Natalie Wood, Audrey Hepburn and Deborah Kerr. She was told that if anyone found out about her work, she would never work in Hollywood again…