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TIL the Robert Frost poem “The Road Not Taken” was originally written as a joke, and is a criticism/deeper analysis of the idea that taking the “less travelled path” can improve one’s life

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D18WY TIL That high self-esteem has no impact or very little impact on a person's success.
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kJOX5 TIL Hitler frequently used crystal meth
75bx TIL a single Viking is said to have killed 40 Saxons at the Battle of Stamford Bridge, temporarily halting the advance of the entire Saxon army
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