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TIL that Patrick Stewart lost all of his hair at age 18 and thought that no woman would ever be interested in him again

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OGLje TIL that in 1982, the members of the punk rock band Misfits were arrested in New Orleans because of grave robbing while attempting to locate the grave of voodoo practitioner Marie Laveau, but bailed themselves out of jail and skipped their court date to drive to their next performance in Florida.
JYvvm TIL that cats moon people and other cats to say hello.
WGyd TIL there is a mathematical formula that suggests that the emergence of life is inevitable
D14Eg TIL that Loveseats were not invented so that two lovers could sit together. Originally, they were just oversized chairs designed to allow more space for excessively wide women's dresses up until the 18th century.
Rmxl TIL that England, France, and Scotland all used to assess a ‘window tax’. Tax assessors would count the number of windows on a home or apartment and charge for every window on the assumption that the more windows you had, the bigger your home, and the more money you could afford to pay.