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TIL: Electric water heaters have 2 heating elements inside

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d9e9 TIL that envy is the desire to possess something someone else has, while jealousy is the fear of losing something you have to somebody else
LkLQ TIL John Lennon wrote the Beatles song ‘Dear Prudence’ for Prudence Farrow (Mia’s sister) while studying TM in India. The group became worried about her because she spent the majority of her time alone in her room practicing meditation, so John wrote her a song to persuade her to socialize more.
AB0o TIL That the FCC can’t fine networks for using curse words or showing nudity anymore
lo9G7 TIL Writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala is the only person to have won both a Booker Prize and an Oscar. Readers initially assumed Jhabvala to be Indian because of her portrayals of the nuances of Indian lifestyles. Later, the revelation of her true identity led to falling sales of her books in India
e0WBD TIL that Hawaii's statehood was delayed for several decades because of consistent opposition by the "Solid South" (southern states) who refused to tolerate non-white Congressmen