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TIL that the iconic hairstyle of Star Wars Princess Leia was inspired by the Mexican revolutionary Clara de la Rocha

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4X04w TIL that saying dark horse that describes unexpected winner is based on English prime minister Benjamin Disraeli's book "The Young Duke : A Moral Tale Though Gay" where mysterious dark horse wins the race against all odds
JY0pV Today I learned that Dave Grohl doesn't know how to read music. And... he thinks of the strings on his guitar in terms of playing drums and cymbals
KVVE TIL kids computers in the 80’s and 90’s came with BASIC computer program training, because people believed every citizen needed to know computer programming or they would be left out of the computer revolution.
5gPP TIL that after water, concrete is the most used substance in the world.
j6kLX TIL with 1,100 Dunkin' locations in Massachusetts, there are two Dunkin' stores across the street from each other in Revere, Massachusetts.