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TIL a the Original Name for the Disney Show/Character “Hannah Montana” was “Alexis Texas”

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xv8D TIL in Asian languages such as Chinese, dyslexia is much less common, and involves different brain mechanism than dyslexia in western languages.
Y7m6B TIL until their deaths, two men claimed they wrote "Jingle Bell Rock: Bobby Helms, the singer, and Hank Garland, the guitarist. Both said they rewrote the original (bad) song by Joe Beal and Jim Boothe and turned it into a hit. But only Beal and Boothe got writing credits and royalties for it.
PjMe TIL Airlines legally have to give you up to $1,500 in cash AND a free flight to your destination when a flight is overbooked and you’re booted from your flight. By accepting the free miles or signing forms they give you you’re forfeiting your rights.
BrADy TIL that astronomers estimate that for every grain of sand on Earth, there are roughly 10,000 stars in the universe
8kJb TIL scientists have found that the older a father is when his child is born, the uglier the child tends to be. However, a child with an older father is more likely to live longer than a child of with a young father.