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TIL that Michael Douglas and Danny DeVito were roommates in college.

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woXEJ TIL until 1994, NFL officials used to signal the end of each quarter by shooting a starter pistol
D16xr TIL there were only two baths to serve the more than 700 steerage passengers on board at any one time on the Titanic.
J1w48 TIL that corpses can grow vivianite crystals in the right conditions
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