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TIL tug-of-war is a competitive sport

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AWEg TIL Heath Ledger based much of the Joker’s voice and mannerisms on Tom Waits. This interview from 1979 is a great example.
yQlW8 TIL that the proverb “curiosity killed the cat” was originally “care killed the cat”. In this instance, “care” meant “worry” or “sorrow for others”. The earliest mention of this proverb was in Shakespeare and it went unchanged for around 300 years. It suddenly changed in the early 20th century.
Lkg9r TIL that supposedly the Violin Sonata in G minor (Devil's Trill Sonata) was made by Giuseppe Tartini in an attempt to recreate a song the Devil had played to him in a dream.
VBmam TIL white people have a 79% chance of finding a match through the National Marrow Donor Program, while black people only have a 29% chance.
Yply7 TIL that the name Sahara comes from the Arabic word for "desert" and Gobi comes from the Chinese word for "desert". The Sahara Desert and Gobi Deserts are both the "Desert Desert."