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TIL Tuberculosis was so romanticized during the Victorian era that fashion trends emerged to highlight and emulate the symptoms of the disease. This fashion movement is referred to as “Consumptive Chic”.

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k7JW TIL that Hall of Fame boxer Sugar Ray Robinson backed out of a fight because he had a dream that he was going to kill his opponent in the ring. After a priest and minister convinced Robinson to fight, Robinson went into the ring and killed his opponent, Jimmy Doyle
VvyG TIL Will.I.Am created the theme song for Samurai Jack
GYYg4 TIL the Stenonychosaurus had a large brain, stereoscopic vision and ~thumbs.
VegB TIL: There’s a free 24-hour emergency Hall and Oates hotline (719-26-OATES) that will play a selection of songs for you in their entirety. It’s called Callin’ Oates.
QN9mE TIL Axolotls are able to regrow their limbs, tail, gills, brain and heart in just a few weeks