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TIL When Isaac Watts wrote "Joy to the World" he didn't intend it to be about Christmas, but rather about Christ's promised return at the end of time

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a1VM TIL the trombone used to be called the sackbut
VKgk TIL: Normally, because the growth of the brain occurs in a predictable fashion, there is one primary hair whorl over the vertex of the head. When hair whorls are multiple or in unusual locations, abnormal brain growth may be a causative factor.
46aN TIL that disabled citizens in Holland can receive stipends from the government in order to pay for sexual relations with prostitutes up to 12 times a year.
Jaj1 TIL In 2004 a man started a “project” to find his sister a boyfriend. He secretly spied on her with a variety of James Bond style gadgets and disguises for months, keeps diary of shenanigans, ends up getting caught. [Long read, hilarious]
e0Q6J TIL that Quentin Tarantino wants to quit directing around the age of 60 because he doesn't "want to be an old-man filmmaker, making old-man movies who doesn’t know when to leave the party." He is now 57.