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TIL Big Pimpin' was sampled from a 1950s Egyptian song

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5VLED TIL the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) currently under construction in Chile will have 15 times more light collecting surface than the largest optical telescope currently in use
QNKda TIL after murdering a woman in 1821, convicted killer John Horwood was hanged, had his body dissected and his skin was used to bind a book that contained the details of his crime in a practice called anthropodermic bibliopegy.
gMXA7 TIL that the phrase “don’t wear white after Labor Day.” Was just one of dozens of rules set buy high society women defining “old money” from “new money” as more and more people became millionaires after the civil war in the late 1800’s.
0d4VA TIL Mork & Mindy scripts were shorter than most because of Robin Williams' improv. Sections would be notated with "Robin will do something here"
4XD5b TIL Back in 1970, the average internal temperature of a home in the UK in the winter months was 12°C (53°F)