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TIL Bill Murray was apparently forced to promote the new Ghostbusters movie under threat of lawsuit (according to leaked Sony emails)

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XERrP TIL that most laundry detergents are blue because the dye cancels out "yellowing".
N7e4e TIL while his opponent traveled all over the country campaigning, McKinley won both the 1896 and 1900 presidential elections by staying at his home in Canton, Ohio and giving speeches off his front porch to whoever showed up to listen.
J18Rl TIL Hippocrates taught human body contains blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile. To be healthy you need them to be in correct proportion, both in strength and quantity, and well mixed
6EE0l TIL that the singer of "Peanut Butter Jelly Time" (Jermaine Fuller) died in an 11 hour police standoff while his brother-in-law Snoop Dogg tried to calm him down
j64GN TIL Aristotle founded the Peripatetic school of philosophy in 335 BCE and many of the free lectures were open to the general public. He liked to walk around while holding discussions with students and it had no set curriculum or even fees for membership