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TIL about the term Hat-trick, which refers to a achievement of a positive feat three times in a match, or other achievement based on the number three. It is a common term in sports.

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MegG0 TIL Taylor Swift was born into wealth. Her father is "from three generations of bank presidents" and worked for Merrill Lynch. At the age of 14 her family moved to Nashville where her father purchased a stake in Big Machine, the label to which Swift first signed.
rGE4 TIL that the intro to Disneys “Lion King” is unapologetically stolen shot for shot from an old anime called “Kimba The White Lion”
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