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TIL that the sayings "in the first place" "in the second place" stems from the method of loci, a collection of mnemonic techniques for memory enhancement

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M7PmB TIL: At age 17 Neil Armstrong was accepted into MIT but choose Purdue University instead because he liked the Purdue Boilermakers' Quarterback, and because his uncle advised him that he didn't have to go all the way to Cambridge to receive a good education
RZMa TIL that when Montenegro became independent from Yugoslavia, its internet domain name went from .yu to .me
vYVD TIL Ray Bradbury originally titled Fahrenheit 451 as “The Fireman”, but he & editors found the name boring so they called a local fire station and asked what temperature book paper burnt at. The firemen put Bradbury on hold, burnt a book, and reported that the temp it burnt at was “Fahrenheit 451”
nWdr TIL Tim Burton’s new film is a remake of his movie from 1984 that originally got him fired from Disney.
7rD0M TIL a pre-Goosebumps R.L. Stine wrote Spaceballs: The Book, a young adult version of the story that substituted some of the stronger language and bits for child-friendly content. It remains the only exclusion to Lucasfilm’s “no tie-in” mandate.