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TIL the Tetris theme is based on a Russian Folk Song called Korobeiniki

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EEmd TIL twilight was originally rejected by 14 publishers.
GAndJ TIL the hottest day on record in September was recorded today in California‘s Death Valley at 127 degrees Fahrenheit (52.8 degrees Celsius)
GAWPQ TIL about Robert Rayford, the earliest known HIV/AIDS victim in the US. He died on May 15, 1969
ePan TIL Winona Ryder was bullied in high school for her ‘tomboy’ appearance. Years later, one of her bullies asked her for an autograph. “I asked her if she remembered me and she said that she sort of remembered beating a kid up. I said to her, 'Yeah, well that was me so go fuck yourself’.”
Jwgj TIL there’s a term for the moments when a word suddenly doesn’t make sense to you and just feels like sounds that don’t have meaning. It’s called Semantic Satiation.