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TIL Slate wrote a piece on why they believe the New York Times’ Mini crossword puzzles suck. The following day, the New York Times’ Mini crossword puzzle had three long Across answers which read, AWFUL PIECE SLATE.

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9YgBr TIL David Denman, Roy from the Office, went to Juilliard, one of the most prestigious acting schools in the world
yQ6av TIL of Elizabeth Van Lew. After her father died, she and her mother freed all his slaves. She then used her inheritance to free some of the slaves' relatives. During the Civil War, she operated a spy ring. When Richmond fell to the Union, she was the 1st person to raise the Union flag in the city
a8vLA TIL Journalist Micheal Hastings wrote a career ending report on Stanley McChrystal causing him to be fired in the Army
AD4j4 TIL there are more skin cancer cases due to indoor tanning than lung cancer cases due to smoking
VMk0p TIL that baristas at the CIA Starbucks do not write down customers names on their cups and there are no frequent-customer award cards