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TIL: A man killed himself in public while at an open mic night at an Oregon coffee shop. Shortly before he stabbed himself, he played a song called "Sorry for all the mess."

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A6Dx TIL that Dr. Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat to help combat illiteracy. 348 words were identified as being important to first-graders, which he was asked to narrow down to 250. Nine months later, Seuss used 236 of them to complete The Cat in the Hat
95ND TIL in World War II, British soldiers got a ration of three sheets of toilet paper a day. Americans got 22.
MeMxm TIL the co-creator of "Parks and Recreation" read an article which stated that scientists believe the first human who will live 150 years has already been born. He felt this applied to Rob Lowe's character, which inspired Chris Traeger's desire to live to 150.
ZpJ7Y TIL that "Disco Duck," a novelty disco song featuring a talking duck, hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1976
Bdwk TIL Henry Ford’s first Model-T was built to run on hemp fuel and had hemp plastic panels whose impact strength which were 10 times stronger than steel. If hemp were planted on 6% of the US landmass, it could replace all current demand for oil and gas.