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TIL The final episode of MAS*H was two and a half hours long and was viewed by an audience of 121 million.

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ADoBx TIL that thread is measured in lengths called Lea (120 yds/110 m), Hank (a length of 7 leas) and Spyndle (14,400 yards/13,200 m), and Thread (54 inches/1.4 inches). Denier refers to the weight (in g) of 9000 m of thread. A single thread of silk 9000 m long weighs about a g, so it's 1 denier.
Egly0 TIL Robert Hazard was the original songwriter and performer of the Cyndi Lauper mega-hit song “Girls Just Want to Have Fun.”
8aw5V TIL that according to a study, strict parents can turn their kids into more effective liars because children who are afraid to tell the truth learn more deceptive behaviors to avoid getting in trouble.
d0oK TIL of the Jack Hills, a range of hills in Mid West Western Australia. They are best known as the source of the oldest material of terrestrial origin found to date: zircons that formed around 4.4 billion years ago
8a0g8 TIL that German actress Marlene Dietrich was bisexual, and had a romantic involvement with poet Mercedes de Acosta.