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TIL in the film ‘Thank You for Smoking’, none of the characters are ever seen smoking.

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dD7AB TIL A group of conspirators intending to assassinate Easter Roman Emperor Nikephoros Phokas entered his bedchamber at night disguised in women's clothing. Initially the got scared because he wasn't in his bed as expected: an ascetic army veteran, Nikephoros liked sleeping on the floor
VM9jk TIL grandmaster chess players can burn 3,000 calories a day during tournaments, just because their brains are being used so much.
v1NB8 TIL Poop coffee
8aKBa TIL that people would have sex in graveyards to “laugh in the face of death”, during the Black Death. It became illegal and people were threatened with excommunication. It was thought that sexual immorality caused the plague, so prostitution and adultery were outlawed.
697R8 TIL NFL running back Leonard Fournette has a younger brother named Lanard Fournette