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TIL Single Men Wash Their Sheets on Average Four Times per Year

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vMDD TIL the pilot episode of LOST was so expensive (~$14 million) that the network president was fired for green-lighting it
QJYyX Today I learned that Dr. Seuss's name should actually be pronounced "Soice", but he embraced the "Soose" mispronunciation because it rhymed with Mother Goose.
aw0WA TIL PT Barnum bought a blind, elderly slave with a shrunken appearance and toured the country with her while claiming she was 161 years old and had breastfed George Washington when he was a baby. When she died, Barnam then sold her to a surgeon and had her autopsy performed live on Broadway.
nWad9 TIL after the beheading of Charles I in 1649 England became a republic. His son, Charles II, was crowned king by the Scots but he was exiled to France for his safety. He was invited to London in 1660 and restored his father's throne.
worrP TIL about Shackleton’s job posting – Men Wanted for Hazardous Journey