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TIL John Philip Sousa's "The Stars and Stripes Forever" was declared by Congress as the National March of the United States in 1987, over 90 years after it was first composed

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x9po TIL William Shakespeare’s final place of residence, New Place, was demolished by the very person who purchased it in 1756. Reverend Francis Gastrell was frustrated by all the tourist visiting Shakespear’s former house that in 1759 he demolished it. The man was kicked out of the town because of it.
QJyDa If you’ve ever travelled on a commercial airplane, there’s a likely chance you’ve noticed those little white swirls in the center of those engines on the wings. It may seem straightforward: to keep people on the ground advised when the turbofan is spinning, right? But that doesn’t explain everything.
geD8 TIL In Japan, death by overwork is so common that they have a word for it, “Karoshi”. Some examples of karoshi are: working 110 hours a week, working 3000 hours a year with no days off in 15 years, working 4320 hours a year, and working 34 hour shifts five times a month.
dD6nr TIL: 23% of American women in their 40s and 50s take antidepressants
8gY4 TIL Brian May, lead guitarist for Queen, has a PhD in astrophysics and is currently helping the New Horizons team examine data from Pluto