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TIL the phrase "Founding Fathers" was coined by Warren G. Harding in 1916, and after that it wouldn't be until after the start of the 1980s that it became a common phrase.

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AW5B TIL paleontological research shows that the part of the human brain that controls hearing and our sense of smell shrank around the same time as we began to domesticate dogs.
PvJL TIL that the version of the Star-Spangled Banner traditionally heard at sports events is only the first of four original verses written by Francis Scott Key. Most Americans have never heard the last three.
pY7Q8 TIL Georg Cantor, the mathematician who came up with the idea that 'infinity has different sizes', was rejected by most of his contemporaries for his ideas and, as a result, suffered from chronic depression. He had to be confined to various sanatoria until the end of his life.
Yp6eG TIL the actress who played one of the prostitutes in "Fargo" was also one of the movie's dialect coaches and taught lead actress Frances McDormand the movie's signature "Yeah?"-"Yeah" head-nod.
dJb8 TIL there is a town in Alaska with 217 residents and everybody lives in the same 14 story building. It includes a school, hospital, church, and grocery store.