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TIL There is a Hall and Oates Emergency Hopeline where you can call and listen to your choice of four different songs. The number is: (719) 26-OATES

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Ko06 TIL in 1897, a newlywed woman was found dead in her home. Although her death was attributed to natural causes, her mother’s insistence that she had been visited by the woman’s ghost compelled authorities to reopen the case, at which time an autopsy revealed the woman had suffered a broken neck.
7rRBx TIL Maggie Smith (Professor McGonagall) battled cancer while filming the last Harry Potter movie because she didn’t want to disappoint fans
Wk1dN TIL The biggest data breach in history happened to Yahoo in 2013-2014 whereby all 3B accounts on its service were hacked.
grXoX TIL that there is a German man named Marc Wubbenhorst who must drink 20 liters of water every day in order to not die from dehydration. He suffers an extreme case of diabetes insipidus.
rOr1 TIL that 35% of America’s high school graduates are functionally illiterate.