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TIL Adele has the best selling album of the 21st century

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kJ475 TIL the term "semi" as in semi-trailer bears the name from the trailers ability to support itself. A trailer can fully support itself whereas a semi-trailer has no front axle, requiring support from the tractor portion to remain stable.
KOEe6 TIL esteemed writer and presenter, David Attenborough, is brothers with actor Richard Attenborough, known primarily for his portrayal of John Hammond in Jurassic Park
PGKJ TIL that if asking someone a favour in their right ear, you are almost twice as likely to have them agree than if you were to ask them in the left ear.
LR6v TIL The CIA has admitted to torturing people in a failed attempted to brainwash them.
l455 TIL The Halloween film “Hocus Pocus” was a critical and commercial failure upon release. It became a cult classic after yearly airings on the family channel.