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TIL that the term 'winging it' was originally a theatrical slang term for actors who didn't know their lines, and reviewed scripts in between scenes or received prompts from off stage in the 'wings'.

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EgQNo TIL of the history of bedsheet ghosts, and that English thieves dressed up as them to traumatize their victims.
nKoB TIL an experiment gave mice a utopia with social roles to all, no predators and unlimited food. After population boomed reproduction gradually stopped, they became aggressive, isolated themselves and total breakdown in social structures led extinction. Researchers compared it to trends in mankind.
W7dXA TIL that Peter Benchley regret writing "JAWS". He later devoted himself to ocean conservation.
5JZR TIL Pres Nixon invited Johnny Cash to perform 2 songs at the White House that deride hippy culture & welfare queens. Cash accepted the invite but instead played “The Ballad of Ira Hayes” (a mistreated Native American WWII vet), “What Is Truth” (pro-hippy), & “Man in Black” (anti-income inequality)
oGOE TIL that there’s a town in Texas called Earth, and it’s the only place on Earth officially named Earth