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TIL Detroit’s tourism slogan is “Enjoy the D”

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dDp1B TIL Redfoo and Sky Blu of LMFAO are Berry Gordy's son and grandson, respectively
epRQn TIL of Ymir, the grandfather of all Nordic gods who drank from a cosmic hornless cow rich in milk and gave birth to a male and female from his armpits. Odin, his grandson, would later kill him and fashion the world from his body.
Wkj8L TIL about Paul Graham's Hierarchy of Disagreement, a measure for the credibility of a rebuttal to an argument, explored in his 2008 essay (link to essay in comment)
ep8JJ TIL In 1990, screenwriter Shane Black sold his original spec script for The Last Boy Scout for a record-breaking $1.75 million, with over a $1 million guaranteed up front, which was considered a massive deal at the time.
KYO0J TIL when J.R.R. Tolkien and his wife and muse Edith had just met each other they were spending time by throwing sugarlumps into the hats of passers-by from the balcony of a teashop