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TIL that the hairstyle Perm is short for Permanent.

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y8bv TIL that the Red M&M from commercials is voiced by Billy West (Futurama’s Fry).
XadP TIL that if you confess you murdered someone to a priest, your secret is protected by Catholic law
KYWjE TIL that for 38 years beginning in 1912, gold, silver, and bronze medals were awarded in Olympic art competitions across five categories: architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture. This set of awards was named the “Pentathlon of the Muses,” its winners decided by an international jury
eV8g TIL da Vinci’s ‘Vitruvian Man’ most likely had a groin disorder (Inguinal hernia)
D1B0j TIL that the writer Anaïs Nin was bigamously married and kept the two husbands secret from one another. She had a “lie box” to keep track of the stories she told both husbands. Some twenty years later, she revealed the secret and both men forgave her after they learnt she was dying from cancer.