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TIL: Thomas Jefferson helped popularize mac and cheese in America by serving it to his dinner guests during his Presidency. He even had his own recipe

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n6OB TIL Bubble Wrap was originally intended to be used as 3D wallpaper
WkGY4 TIL that sponges are living animals and were the first animals to diverge from the evolutionary tree from all animals' common ancestor, making them the sister group of all other animals.
QJK6k TIL: Larry McMurtry wrote the novels for the movies "Hud", "The Last Picture Show", "Terms of Endearment", "Brokeback Mountain", and is still living in the town he was born in, in Texas.
b959p TIL after Salvador Dalí and Harpo Marx met and expressed mutual admiration, Dalí sent Harpo a Christmas present: a harp with barbed wire for strings and spoons for tuning knobs, wrapped in cellophane. Harpo was delighted and sent Dalí a photo of himself sitting at the harp with bandaged fingers.
W7Lmo TIL - Contrary of what everybody thinks, if you park your car at a dark spot at night, the chances of theft are smaller, because thieves don't like to use lights.