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TIL John Steinbeck spent two months rewriting 'Of Mice and Men' after his dog ate the only copy of the original manuscript.

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W7MwX TIL the traffic stop lights in Akureyri, Iceland are shaped like hearts
lYdB TIL the term “soccer” was actually created and used by England prior to the term “football”
LmEm TIL the Amazon river dumps so much fresh water into the Atlantic that it is possible to drink from the surface for about 200 mile offshore
Agp4 TIL That in Alabama, one can use the phrase “Roll Tide” instead of “I do” as a wedding proposal
W71JN TIL while there are popular theories, no one really knows why earthworms come out of the ground when it rains. Originally thought that they rise because they can drown, this has been debunked as earthworms can survive in water for over 2 weeks. The #1 theory now is that they ascend to mate and feed.