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TIL of Dartitis, a genuine psychological condition where Darts players are unable to release their darts, with high profile darts players suffering from it

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x6K4o TIL that while Nobody Beats the Wiz was indeed an actual electronics chain in the northeast, the Seinfeld character was not in their real-life commercials. The Seinfeld character was based on Crazy Eddie, another northeast electronics chain.
pgwb TIL that at the time of its release, True Lies (1994) was the most expensive film ever made, as the first film to have over a $100 million production budget
a8mgL TIL Biologist Richard Dawkins coined the word 'Meme' in his 1976 book 'The Selfish Gene'
Y7eaP TIL During a chaotic distribution of free food as part of the condition to release Patty Hearst in 1974, then California Governor Ronald Reagan hoped for a botulism outbreak.
pMdZ TIL ancient Egyptian workmen who dug the pharaohs’ tombs got paid sick leave, according to 3000 year-old records