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TIL that because both are written in the Common Meter (8 syllables / 6 syllables alternating), much of Emily Dickenson’s poetry can be read to the tune of the “Gilligan’s Island” theme

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D1VY TIL that the number of seconds a four year old is able to resist eating a marshmallow is a reliable predictor of their later academic and job performance. Those who resist the longest tend to have the highest GPAs and SAT scores, get into the best colleges, and have the best job outlooks.
YAaW TIL that the city of Vernon, Florida has been nicknamed “nub city” because so many residents have intentionally amputated limbs, disguising the injury as an accident, as a means of insurance fraud. One man had 25+ open insurance policies and collected over $1,000,000 after amputating his left foot
0dmX5 TIL That one of the two Vice Presidents to resign was Spiro Agnew, who was VP under Richard Nixon, the only President to resign.
Eg9nP TIL: Slaves made up 65% of South Carolina's population in 1720.
e0ylD TIL in 1911 there was a baseball team made up of death row inmates who had been told that as long as they kept wining games, their executions would be delayed.