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TIL If you’ve had straight hair for all of your life, your hair can grow back in curls after you’ve completed Chemotherapy.

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x6pM1 TIL that the founder of “Famous Amos cookies”, Wally Amos, was also the first African American talent agent at the William Morris Agency. He would send prospective clients a batch of cookies and an invitation to talk. This would lead to his clients giving him a loan to create Famous Amos cookies.
Me9oB TIL that Harlingten, Texas has the highest number of households without internet access (30.20%) in the U.S. Gary, Indiana is a close second at 29.30%.
X0nvk TIL that in Czechia, which drinks the most beer per capita in the world, it is traditional to serve beer with a significant amount of foam. The culmination of this is the "mlìko" pour, consisting of entirely of foam. It is described as sweet, creamy, and "like drinking a cloud".
kOmM4 TIL Jerry Springer used to be the mayor of Cincinnati and resigned after being caught paying for sex with personal checks
ybae TIL in 1966 Harper Lee made a donation to the beadle bumble fund after “To kill a mockingbird” was banned by a school board in Hanover, Virginia who believed the book to be immoral. Harper Lee hoped that the donation would be used to educate the school board as she believed them to be illiterate