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TIL that before alarm clocks were invented, people would drink tons of water before they went to bed so that their over-full bladder would wake them up around the time they needed to be up

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mx1Zo TIL Hans Zimmer scored the Boss Baby
R7MdQ TIL petting a dog can lower your blood pressure.
grwJX TIL Costa Rica was the third country in the world after the U.S. and Canada to have a McDonald’s location
p8LpN TIL: Acclaimed poet Maya Angelou was the first African-American female to operate a streetcar trolley in San Francisco, and got her license to do so at age 16
OoQaY TIL after hearing The Doors' first album, lead singer Jim Morrison's father urged him "to give up any idea of singing or any connection with a music group because of what I consider to be a complete lack of talent in this direction."