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TIL the original doughnuts from Dunkin’ Donuts had a handle
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TIL Icarus is actually a story about finding the middle way between the wing-melting sun and ocean, the earliest surviving example of the "golden middle" in Ancient Greek philosophy
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TIL Sean Connery was offered a contract to play for Manchester United, but turned it down to pursue acting.
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TIL of half-life of knowledge is the amount of time that has to elapse before half of the knowledge or facts in a particular area is superseded or shown to be untrue. An engineering degree went from having a half life of 35 years in ca. 1930 to about 10 years in 1960.
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TIL the Church of Satan doesn’t even believe in the Devil, but merely in embracing one’s carnal self.
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TIL Carole King has written or co-written 118 pop hits on the Billboard Hot 100. She also wrote 61 hits that charted in the UK, making her the most successful female songwriter on the UK singles charts between 1962 and 2005