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TIL Tommy Smothers was present for the recording of Give Peace A Chance

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NXw06 TIL in mid-1843, writer Charles Dickens began to suffer from financial problems, and matters worsened when his publishers threatened to reduce his monthly income. To prevent this, Dickens’ spent 6 weeks obsessively writing a novella. The result? “A Christmas Carol” - which sold out in 3 days.
x4L1 TIL that the Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public libraries.
6V8m TIL the iconic Wayfarer sunglasses went almost extinct in the early 1980s, until Ray-Ban signed a product placement deal incorporating them into 60 films and television shows a year.
EgbO7 TIL: A study by the Journal of Sex Research found that men who are in relationships with mentally unstable women reported a higher lvl of sexual satisfaction than other men. It also found that "lower agreeableness of a sexual partner was predictive of better sexual function in women"
Kdn4 TIL: Today I learned that the new British citizenship test demands knowledge of Monty Python and the Beatles