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TIL during the 2007 Writers Strike, David Letterman paid the Late Show staff out of his own pocket.

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VMVoQ TIL of the Gay Panic Defense: "a legal strategy in which a defendant claims they acted in a state of violent, temporary insanity, committing assault or murder, because of unwanted same-sex sexual advances." Basically, if a gay person hitting on you makes you upset, you can attack or even kill them.
PYQAn TIL roughly 3 to 5 percent of the world’s population has an apathy toward music known as "musical anhedonia," in which their brain is biologically incapable of responding to any music whatsoever.
OoxPR TIL 7 minutes workout, a more efficient yet still effective workout. It consists of 12 different exercises that work the upper body, lower body, and core. Each exercise for 30 seconds, about 15 to 20 repetitions, and rest for about 10 seconds between exercises.
X8nE TIL Einstein’s Brain went missing and was found 23 years later
P1PYe TIL that Tsar Nicholas II and King Geroge V both had dragon tattoos and both of them got said tattoos while being in Japan.