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TIL that R. Kelly is illiterate.

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OGYA6 TIL that pensioners in the UK over the age of 80 who claimed a state pension before 2016 receive a massive 25p week increase 'in recognition "of the special claims of very elderly people who on the whole need help rather more than others”'
EgMYX TIL that Waffles get their name from the same source as Wafers, and modern waffle irons are descended from tools for making communion wafers.
BrVK TIL that at age 32, Les Paul shattered his arm in a near-fatal auto accident and lost all mobility in his arm. Doctors fixed his arm to a bent position so he could still play guitar. It remained in that position for the rest of his life.
OoaNR TIL about Grigori Perelman the mathematician who solved the Poincare Conjecture one of the 7-millennium problems and denied the million dollar prize money as well as the fields medal. Rest of the 6 still remain unsolved.