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TIL in dry heat fans can make you hotter

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epaag TIL that Barry Manilow didn't write his huge 1977 hit "I Write the Songs". It was actually a cover of a song first recorded by The Captain and Tenille, written by Bruce Johnston of The Beach Boys.
ZnVR TIL, many Civil War battles have two names, because the Union named battles after natural features and the Confederacy after the man-made structures/towns nearby
P17rn TIL that Tony Chachere, the inventor of Tony’s seasoning, had already retired as a millionaire twice from two successful businesses (pharmaceuticals and insurance sales) before he became famous for his cooking and seasonings.
VMBNZ TIL of the "lizardman constant", which explains seemingly nonsensical poll results such as "4% of americans believe that lizards are running the earth" and "7% of americans think that chocolate milk comes from brown cows"
BgpRy TIL Mountain Dew was originally invented as a Whiskey mixer