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TIL Study Shows We Are Born Creative Geniuses But The ‘Education’ System Dumbs Us Down

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nDZW TIL that Vicki Lawrence in high school wrote a fan letter to Carol Burnett noting their close resemblance. Burnett—who was looking for an actress to play her younger sister for a new show—hired Lawrence, beginning her long television career.
9YB8D TIL that Queen Elizabeth is no longer Lord High Admiral of the Royal Navy, because she gave the title to her husband as a 90th birthday present
pEBG TIL The fastest red card in football/soccer history was 2 seconds. Lee Todd was sent off for foul language after he exclaimed “Fuck me that was loud” after the starting whistle
mxjOx TIL the entire earth used to covered in ice, even the equator
loDm1 TIL in 1929, researchers at Princeton University turned a living cat into a telephone.