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TIL the modern Ouija Board got its name by asking the board what it should be called

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d1ad TIL a common myth is it takes 21 days to make a habit. In truth, it’s an average of 66 days to make a habit.
9YAb6 TIL in 2015, Indonesia Police burned 3 tons of marijuana and accidentally made an entire town high
b5PZ TIL that the TV show ‘The Golden Girls’ began as a joke. To promote 'Miami Vice’ to advertisers, NBC in 1984 put on a skit about the nonexistent 'Miami Nice’, about retirees in Florida playing cards. Network executive Warren Littlefield, watching the audience laugh, liked the idea of such a sitcom.
GNK5 TIL there’s a plan to transition the US to 100% renewable energy by 2050
9nvG TIL the largest plane to ever successfully land and take off from an aircraft carrier was a C-130 named “Look Ma, No Hook” to brag about how it needed neither an arresting hook nor a catapult assist.