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TIL 72% of people get their creative insights in the shower.

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8eQe8 TIL that Sugar Ray Robinson had won all but one of his previous 132 fights, when he was defeated by unknown British boxer Randolph Turpin in 1951. Turpin became the first Brit to hold the middleweight championship since 1891
4XwMR TIL that Canadian Thanksgiving predates American Thanksgiving by 43 years
a8jA0 TIL the Roman Empire lasted over 1,400 years, influencing modern law, architecture, and languages across Europe and beyond.
950m TIL Freddie Mercury of Queen once dressed Princess Diana as a man and took her clubbing. Nobody recognized her.