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TIL vanilla is the second most expensive spice

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oRBK7 TIL That the extra set of eyelets near the ankle on athletic shoes have a specific purpose. By using them, you can create a lace lock, which is intended to keep your heel locked in place thereby reducing the chance of blisters caused by excessive rubbing.
7r1gZ TIL: Clueless (film) is a modern re imagining of the Jane Austin Novel Emma
N7wZM TIL of John Corcoran, a teacher who taught for 17 years while being illiterate. He struggled in the 6th grade and never learned to read or write, and cheated his way through college. At the age of 47, he finally learned when he was inspired by Barbara Bush advocating for adult literacy.
oRAPK TIL Birds trained for Hitchcock's The Birds couldn't be untrained. They stayed killer birds.
e0WQD TIL Julius Caesar was not born from a Caesarian Section. The term Caesarians are not named after Caesar but instead Caesar was named after Caesarians. In Latin caesus is the past participle of caedere meaning “to cut”.