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TIL that some individuals lack verbal internal monologue or inner voice (the voice inside your head used to read and think) and reports of these cases are particularly prevalent among children.

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PAnG TIL On 31 December 1759 Guinness signed a 9,000 year lease for the St. James Gate brewery.
OlvR TIL actor Cary Grant made a chocolate trail for his mistress at the Mayfair Hotel in downtown St. Louis. The manager liked the idea so much that he made a chocolate on the pillow upon arrival one of the hotel’s many standard amenities. Hotels have since adopted the gesture.
e8x5 TIL dogs get jealous just like humans
eyVL TIL that Ben & Jerry’s created the first chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream
1axJX TIL that Exxon used to be known as Esso, a phonetic spelling of "S.O." for Standard Oil after it was forced to break up into 34 smaller companies. It is still widely known as Esso outside the US.