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TIL the act of self-mastery of a subject without teachers is called autodidacticism

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AwGx TIL Once out of office, President Harry Truman decided that he did not wish to be on any corporate payroll, believing that taking advantage of such financial opportunities would diminish the integrity of the office. He had no personal savings. His only income was his old army pension: $113 per month
wLjm8 TIL sloth’s hands work opposite from our own. They close to relax and exert energy to open, which is what allows them to hang from the canopy for extended periods of time and sleep while hanging from a tree.
7gvb TIL that The average citizen of Liechtenstein doesn’t even lock their door because crime in the country is so low. The last murder was 10 years ago (as of 2007).
69lrX TIL old batteries contained cadmium, a toxic heavy metal. These batteries should not be disposed of in regular household trash at the end of their life.
awQ0M TIL that when Bill Withers debuted with “Ain’t no Sunshine” in 1971, he refused to leave his job as an assembler in a factory, believing that the music business was a fickle industry