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TIL that composer Hans Zimmer has never had any formal music training.

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MAy8 TIL that Whale vomit is worth tens of thousands of pounds and is used in the productionof perfume
OwZY TIL that General Robert E. Lee opposed monuments to the Confederacy and wanted people to move on
R7LM4 TIL of the Sewee, a Native American tribe who in 1670 decided to build a navy and sail en masse to England. Their canoes were swamped and survivors sold to slavery in the West Indies, wiping out the tribe.
epgNL TIL about Kwanzaa, an African American holiday created in 1966 as an alternative to Christmas.
6EOoW TIL bacteria from chronic gum disease has been found in brains suffering from Alzheimer's. Bad oral hygiene has been a known risk factor for dementia but researchers now suspect that bacteria from gum disease may somehow cross into the brain and cause or worsen Alzheimer's symptoms.