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TIL that John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men was originally titled “Something That Happened”

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VwgG TIL Matthew Lewis wore a fat suit, fake teeth, and more through most of the Harry Potter films to make Neville Longbottom appear more unattractive
l7LNB TIL Poland's cities of Warsaw and Poznan utilize teams of live mollusks to detect impurities in drinking water at 50 discrete water treatment plants. When 4 or more mussels are detected to have closed (using magnetic sensors) the water supply shuts off.
P1kWZ TIL of Louis Wyman - Winner of 1974 New Hampshire Senate Election by just 2 votes, and served only 3 days while marred in an epic dispute then lost a rematch the next year convincingly