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TIL that Unicorns are mentioned in the Bible.
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TIL that in the 2:58 mark of Hey Jude, you can hear “fucking hell” as Paul McCartney makes a mistake on the piano. The band thought it was too funny to take out.
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TIL many phrases in English come from literal translations of Chinese phrases, such as “long time no see”, “no go”, “lose face” and “no can do”
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TIL that in the US, parking spaces take up about 25,000 square miles of land nationwide, an area roughly the size of the state of West Virginia
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TIL Though the gangster John Gotti was nicknamed 'The Teflon Don' for his ability to dodge criminal charges his violent and public tactics led to the arrests of many Gambino crime family members. Gotti was convicted in 1992 and by the 2000 half of the Gambino made men were behind bars.
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TIL of the Shakers, a christian sect that believed sexuality to be the root of all evil and original sin. All members went far enough in chastity to avoid shaking the opposite sex's hands. Their membership declined from a peak of 5000 in 1840 to 3 members in 2019 due to lack of births.