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TIL when Carole King found out that her ex-boyfriend, Neil Sedaka, wrote the 1959 song “Oh! Carol” about her, she recorded and released a playful response song that same year titled “Oh! Neil” which was was written by her then-boyfriend, Gerry Goffin.

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7r5Pb TIL the wild ancestor to domestic apples is vulnerable to extinction because the location of origin has been subject to significant loss of appropriate land to grow.
eeDJ TIL that European Royal Families had a “Court Jew” to handle finances and negotiate loans since usury was forbidden by the Catholic Church
NKBQ TIL that in response to South Park satirising Scientology, Scientologists put out a statement on behalf of Isaac Hayes (Who plays the character Chef and is a Scientologist) quitting the show, taking advantage of him being barely functional and unable to talk due to a stroke.
M7MP8 TIL: Around 41.6 percent of Americans are nearsighted, up from 25 percent in 1971. Projections suggest that almost 50 percent of the world will be myopic by 2050.
OGG4X TIL there is no actual factual backing for the rumor that Walt Disney was cryogenically frozen. In fact, it is extremely unlikely and records state he was cremated