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TIL the Knight Rider theme song is based on the 1876 ballet "Sylvia" by Léo Delibes

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NXGN1 TIL That the band Fall Out Boy was named after a character in The Simpsons (Radioactive Man's sidekick), when a fan in the crowd, at their second ever show, shouted the name as a suggestion.
n57r TIL of companies that are mounting laser beams on top of buildings to deliver financial trading data tiny bits faster than fiber optic. This allows high speed stock trading algorithms to capitalize on info known before anyone else.
rRAGW TIL of "Long Sleeping Disorder" in which the individual affected needs at least 10 to 12 hours of sleep a night. There is no cure, no negative implications, although some link to introversion. It affects only 2% of the entire world population.
WkYOo TIL that the infamous Winchester Mystery House was not constantly under construction to ward off evil spirits, but because the introverted Sarah Winchester wanted an excuse to not have guests over
rRgr1 TIL that the town of Why, Arizona was originally known as just "Y" due to the Y-shaped intersection of two roads. It changed its name to "Why" due to an Arizona state law requiring town names to be at least 3 letters long.