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TIL that Kansas is literally flatter than a pancake.

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oR1lY Today I learned how the individual days of the week got their name. The individual days of the week got their names from the ancient Romans, who named them after the seven visible celestial bodies known at the time: Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn ¹.
ARvn TIL John Walker, the founder of the brand Johnnie Walker, was, in fact, a teetotaler
R1N1 TIL Ernest Hemingway begged his wife not to send him for more electroshock treatments because he lost so much of his memory he couldn’t even remember his own name. He committed suicide the day after his 36th shock treatment.
d4WQ TIL Chickens with white ear lobes lay white eggs, whereas chickens with red ear lobes lay brown eggs.
W7wPX TIL Actor Crispin Glover Wrote A Rap Song About Jackin’ Off.