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TIL that “the rich get richer and the poor get poorer” is called the “Matthew Effect”

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x6Xd7 TIL that there was a mutualistic relationship between human whalers and orca around twofold bay Australia until 1930, it may have been 1,000s of years old.
baKp TIL that on his deathbed, Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World, asked his wife to inject him with LSD and for her to stay by him, he died 6 hours later and she notes it as ‘the most beautiful death she has ever experienced’
e0REg TIL During his life John Quincy Adams was: Ambassador to Prussia, Portugal, The Netherlands, and The United Kingdom, A Senator, Secretary of State, unanimously confirmed to the Supreme Court (declined), President, and finally served 9 terms as a congressman.
JYd1l TIL there is a company that makes "memorial diamonds": synthetic diamonds made from the ashes of cremated human remains. The process takes 6-8 weeks and requires at least 1 pound of ashes.
R5oRl TIL Lady Gaga's real lyrics in the Song "Poker Face" are “Fuck her face”