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TIL that the Arctic Monkeys’ performance on Jimmy Kimmel had to be canceled because Kanye West talked for too long.

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OGkrR TIL about Kristina Ozturk who has 22 children and is only 26. 21 of the children were born by surrogacy, with her husband who is 32 years older than her, and is also in jail.
D1WWV TIL: All of the world's four deepest caves are in located in Abkhazia. The record-holder is Veryovkina Cave, which goes down at least 1.3 miles. Due to the hazards and need for specialized rope techniques, "the round trip —top to bottom and back— takes professional speleologists about a week."
R7gK1 TIL Sock hops were named after the fact that you had to take off your shoes to protect the varnished cafeteria and gymnasium floors.
8dlL TIL that Earth used to be covered with giant mushrooms instead of trees.
5Yo4P TIL on 1642, Sir John Denham asked Charles I to spare Sir William Waller from execution, saying that "while Wither lives, Denham will not be the worst poet in England."