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TIL that it was common for mistakes to be made during the production of parchment for manuscripts. Tears that developed during this process were often fixed with colorful stitching, and these stitches were sometimes incorporated into illustrations.

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YJGd TIL “You Get What You Give” by the New Radicals has been praised by Joni Mitchell, who said it “rose from the swamp of ‘McMusic’ like a flower of hope.” The Edge from U2 singled it out as the song he most wished he had written, and Ice-T cited it as one song that had grabbed him, outside of rap.
awDD0 TIL A study found ripple effect between couples: when one makes an effort to lose weight, the chances are, the other will shed pounds too.
VM6dp TIL Tuna Fish create so much heat while fighting being caught that they can cook themselves alive
awlyb TIL that Canadian Senators have a mandatory retirement age of 75.
yQEW8 TIL there was an official writer's guide for the original Star Trek series. The pages included story advice, character attributes ("Captain Kirk is a space-age Horatio Hornblower"), costuming ("no pockets or space suits"), Stardate calculation, and told writers to contact NASA for technical advice.