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TIL That Larry David had quit his writing job at SNL midseason, only to show up to work a few days later acting as though nothing had happened.

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W7YYA TIL In Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. (2021), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Pennsylvania high school officials lacked the authority to discipline a student for an off-campus, vulgar Snapchat post that she made in frustration after not making the varsity cheerleading squad.
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awQ7o TIL, after the French Revolution, the new French Government set a new means of keeping time. Days were made of 10 hours, each hour made of 100 minutes, each minute made of 100 seconds. It proved too difficult to keep for more than a decade.