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TIL In Dante’s Inferno, Dante puts people he considered his enemies in the various circles of hell, even though many of them were still alive when the epic poem was published.

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9wOp6 TIL that the original lyrics to “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” were much more depressing. The lyrics were changed because Judy Garland refused to sing those lyrics to a child. The lyrics were then changed once more because Frank Sinatra wanted the song to have a more positive tone.
QOp6 TIL a nursing home in Sweden changed their employees’ workdays from 8 to 6 hours per day and found it increased productivity and reduced staff turnover
gMDa8 TIL before becoming Coldplay's manager and a member of the group, Phil Harvey was studying classics at the University of Oxford.
D1dOY TIL 2 lbs of sugar per 1 ton of concrete will render it unable to set properly and was apparently used to resist prison construction in the 80s.
vPaej TIL in 2018, the term “Ass-Clown” was added into Webster’s Dictionary, crediting Mike Judge as the screenwriter behind Office Space for coining it