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TIL You only really have to shower once or twice a week, according to experts.

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KO6DJ TIL In 1973 scientists chased the eclipse in the Concord at Mach 2 and were able to view the totality for 74 minutes
xVGXo TIL Martin Luther King, Jr.'s mother was also assassinated, and his brother was found dead in a swimming pool at age 38.
XE9d6 TIL Darryl Strawberry, an MLB right fielder for 17 seasons, had such a bad sex addiction he would have sex between innings
X4gE TIL that phrases that use two synonyms to say the same thing (e.g. “will and testament”) are called “legal doublets,” and they exist because during Medieval times, English speakers spoke both French and Latin, but not typically both, and lawyers wanted to avoid ambiguity.
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