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TIL that “Muphry’s Law” is an intentional misspelling of “Murphy’s Law” which states that anything written to criticize the spelling or proofreading of others will ironically contain editing mistakes as well.

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Wk9JN TIL that after beating an unarmed Charles Sumner on the Senate floor with a cane, Preston Brooks challenged Massachusetts Representative Anson Burlingame to a duel. Burlingame, who was a well-known marksman, immediately accepted and choose rifles as the weapon. Brooks neglected to show up.
X7D6 TIL in 1954, former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke won his place in the Guiness Book of World records for drinking 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds.
OowXY TIL Polynesians reached South America hundreds of years before Europeans
Ypvvx TIL, actress Linda Hamilton who had a role of Sarah Connor in Terminator movies had a brief marriage with director James Cameron in 1997, the year that Judgment Day would have taken place in the movie franchise.