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TIL that the contract used in The Hobbit is a fully-functioning legal document.

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98YM TIL that Glass-Steagall was repealed under Bill Clinton, not George Bush, and is considered the leading contributor to the economic recession
D1R5V TIL there's a town in West Virginia called Poca (shortened from Pocatalico). The Poca High School mascot is the Dot. They're the Poca Dots.
rNNV4 TIL the first episode of Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares tried saving a bookmaking front for the Bonanno crime family
R5rAl TIL expressions like “we got down from the car” and “I made the line to pay for groceries” form part of a new dialect taking shape in South Florida. They are direct translations from Spanish and come about through sustained contact between Spanish and English speakers.
wL5d6 TIL: Loneliness is a greater public health hazard than obesity