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TIL the character “e” is both a letter and a number.

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7raEL TIL the painting of George Washington used for the dollar bill was never finished.
4bVa TIL during a Queen concert in the 70s, a heckler shouted “you fucking poof” [gay slur] to Freddie Mercury during the middle of their set. Freddie responded by ordering the crew to turn the spotlight on the man, asking him to “Say it again, darling”. The heckler cowered in shame.
kOOR7 TIL that a study found that mindfulness training can be more beneficial in helping people quit smoking than the offical American Lung Association’s Freedom From Smoking treatment.
9YRN6 TIL The 2007 film Paranormal Activity was shot, directed and written by Oren Peli and cost only $15,000 to produce. After Paramount bought the film and began showing it in theaters it went on to gross over $193,000,000.
0wn65 TIL the lyricist for the theme song of the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon (Spider-Man! Spider-Man! Does whatever a spider can!) won three Academy Awards for Best Original Song and was nominated sixteen times for the award.