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TIL John Prine was discovered as a singer by Roger Ebert.

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v98K TIL that our oxygen doesn’t come from only trees. In actuality, about 70% of earth’s oxygen comes from the oceans (mainly small marine organisms called phytoplankton).
oRoyL TIL that the inventor of the Pringles can is now buried in one.
W74dN TIL from 1970 to 1994, there was a gift dropping operation for North Sentinel island. Coconuts, buckets, sweet potatoes, Yorkshire hog, red linen, rubber balls, sickles, choppers, bead necklaces and citrus saplings were among the gifts dropped to the island
lEaG TIL Sir Arthur Conan Doyle originally killed off Sherlock Holmes so he could focus on his historical novels. Conan Doyle reluctantly brought Holmes back after enduring eight years of public pressure.
4PYw TIL - There are only two countries in the world where drug companies are permitted to advertise to the public: New Zealand and USA.