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TIL I learned author James Patterson co-wrote the Toys R Us jingle

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ep7RE TIL that the ship's bell of the SS Terra Nova of Robert Falcon Scott's last polar expedition is rung everyday at the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge when everyone in the institute is invited for coffee in the morning and tea in the afternoon, as is British Tradition.
ANQLw TIL the sinuosity of rivers may not be pi
kVMd TIL that the “real” Christopher Robin, of whom the “Winnie the Pooh” stories were inspired by, actually hated the books, and resented his father for writing them.
7rKeL TIL scientists estimate that around 40% of people's first memory is fictional.
kObvW TIL that the direct opposite part of the world from where you are is called your ‘antipode’ and the vast majority of the USA’s antipode is actually in the Indian Ocean.