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TIL that the Nike slogan was inspired by the last words of a serial killer before he was executed

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l7Kk7 TIL that the song You Don't Mess Around With Jim is actually about Jim losing a fight
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8eQKG TIL An archaeologist spent ten days at Canada's Fort Conger historic site at the northern tip of Ellesmere Island to scan it with a laser to make a 3D model of it. Conger was where Peary employed Inughuit people from Greenland to help him reach the pole
e0MeL TIL peekaboo is universal to all cultures, and developmental psychologists believe it is important to infant development.
ZWD4 TIL there is an “official” unicode anger symbol. It’s ? which represents veins on your forehead when your blood pressure rises.