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TIL that Shakespeare (hey, Happy Birthday, Will!)earned most of his income from his parternship stake in the Globe Theater, not through his writings or plays.

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P1evL TIL that although it is absent in mammals, the photoreceptive parietal eye--quite literally a third eye--was present in their closest extinct relatives, the therapsids
78a7p TIL of Jazz kissa, a style of jazz clubs unique to Japan that thrived around the 1950s to the 1970s. Patrons would go to these clubs where jazz is played for dedicated listening rather than as background music. Silence is required and a "masuta" serves the customers drinks and DJ's the music set.
GYMV5 TIL that Dustin Hoffman was originally considered for the lead role in ‘Blade Runner’
vYa4 TIL to “testify” means to swear by your testicles, invented by Roman civilization
yDN8 TIL President Roosevelt collapsed while being painted. He never regained consciousness before dying. The unfinished painting captures his last waking moment.