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TIL of a place called Monkey's Eyebrow, Kentucky
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TIL that Shakespeare is credited with creating the name Jessica in The Merchant of Venice
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TIL in 1996, Mike Tyson paid an aide $300,000 whose sole function was to dress in fatigues and shout ‘guerrilla warfare’ at press conferences
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TIL a Starbucks grande coffee has 320 milligrams of caffeine, over four times the amount of caffeine in a Red Bull and the Starbucks cinnamon chip scone has more calories than a McDonald’s quarter pounder with 480 calories
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TIL that there are 14 people in the world with ‘keys’ to internet worldwide security ( 7 primary keepers, 7 back-up). They serve as a last-resort measure to reconstruct the system if something calamitous were to happen to the internet.
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TIL: The idea that houseplants purify the air of your home by removing toxins is largely false. They do remove tiny amounts of toxic compounds, but to actually make an impact on air quality you would need approximately 10 plants per square foot in your home