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TIL the Breaking Bad episode "Fly", where nothing happens & they chase a fly for 60 minutes, was directed by Rian Johnson who later went on to write & direct Star Wars Episode VIII

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EgejW TIL 6 years after Martha Stewart started her own catering company in 1976, a publisher (impressed with her chef skills) got her to write a cookbook which launched her career. By 1999, she consolidated her "media empire" & took it public which made her the first female self-made billionaire in the US
nepMB TIL the word Abracadabra was originally used in ancient Rome as a cure for malaria. It wasn't spoken as we use it today, however it was written on papyrus and worn in a vial around the neck.
vNpj TIL the U.S. Senate used the same gavel for 165 years, from its inception until 1954 when Richard Nixon broke it.
W7o1Y TIL: After all that has been revealed at this point, the Inge Lotz murder has still not been re-opened
Meem7 When mosquito bites, it pierces your skin and draws blood with the tip of its straw-like mouth, or proboscis.