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TIL when Ed Sheeran was just starting out and had no place to stay, Jamie Foxx let him live at his house for 6 weeks and then invited Sheeran to perform for an all-black crowd of 800. "He went up there on that ukulele and got a standing ovation in 12 minutes, and the rest is history," Foxx recalled.

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VB7L8 TIL The Italian dish 'Spaghetti all'assassina' was named because patrons joked it was so spicy the chef was trying to kill them. The Accademia dell'Assassina, a group of culinary experts and enthusiasts, was founded in Bari in 2013 to protect against any corruption of the original recipe.
Me0Ra TIL about the longest Filibuster in American History - A 24 hour speech by Sen. Storm Thurmond with the intention of stalling the passing of the civil rights act of 1957. He successfully spoke from 8:54pm to 9:12pm the next day, but the bill was still passed.
y4pM TIL Phantom of the Opera is the top-grossing piece of entertainment of all time. It has earned $5.6 billion during it’s 10,000+ performance run.
wLr6E TIL That a % chance of rain doesn’t exactly mean there is a specific chance for rain. Rather, it is a formula that considers how confident the meteorologist is and what % of the area is likely to get rain. If a met. is 50% confident that 50% of an area will get rain, the “chance” for rain is 25%.
jNJpR TIL that the japanese anime Sailor Moon originally depicted Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus as a lesbian couple who often shared tender moments and longing glances. But when distributors took the show abroad, their relationship got altered.