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TIL that astronauts swallow their toothpaste after brushing, as spitting is not possible because of its weightlessness.

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m1LBP TIL when Carole King found out that her ex-boyfriend, Neil Sedaka, wrote the 1959 song “Oh! Carol” about her, she recorded and released a playful response song that same year titled “Oh! Neil” which was was written by her then-boyfriend, Gerry Goffin.
oMW7 TIL in 2005, Wells Fargo started a program to educate black communities on building “generational wealth.” This program turned out to be a front for steering black people into predatory loans. WF paid damages, but not before 100s of houses were foreclosed.
rR4pw TIL that Suzanne Vega is considered the “Mother of the MP3” because her song “Tom’s Diner” was used to test the algorithm for the mp3: if it could be compressed without losing the warmth in her voice than it would work on anything
9ddp TIL that Oliver Twist (1948) was banned in Israel for antisemitism and ironically in Egypt for being too sympathetic with Jews.
nW7aP TIL that when the Martini originated a century ago, the ratio of gin to vermouth was 2:1. Today the typical ratio is 6:1 or higher