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TIL In 1965 Former Vice President Al Gore and actor Tommy Lee Jones, while they were at Harvard University were roommates. The two of them became fast friends and even started a country music band together.

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9YL5m TIL a study of 1000 vervet monkeys from St. Kitts Island supplied with alcoholic drinks showed traits similar to human drinkers. Researchers found that the majority of monkeys were social drinkers, 15% were regular drinkers, 15% were teetotalers, and 5% were binge drinkers.
x67Yw TIL that 16.3 million of the 16.4 million Americans who served in WW2 are dead
Brj9r TIL the margarita so named because it is based on a popular Mexican drink, the Daisy. "Margarita" is Spanish for "daisy".
Z8dnG Today I learned that CMD/CTRL + X copies something and deletes it in 1 motion, instead of CMD/CTRL + C and then delete.
Axlw TIL in 2004, a Mario game had a transgender playable character with a subplot about being accepted by her family. This was censored in the American version.