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TIL Roald Dahl wrote "The Twits" because of his profound disgust for beards.

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PYALG TIL over 95% of pilots land their planes when conditions dictate that they shouldn’t.
a8g1J TIL that the US Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, leads a Romani working group focused on promoting Gypsy inclusion in Europe.
kga7 TIL when evolutionary biologist J. B. S. Haldane was asked by some theologians what could be inferred about the mind of the Creator based on his scientific work, he responded “An inordinate fondness for beetles.”
6E47X TIL For the first three years of her life, Candice Bergen had breakfast with Edgar Bergen, her famous ventriloquist father, and Charlie McCarthy, his dummy, and thought Charlie was her brother. Charlie would sit there and talk to her: ‘Drink your milk.’ Her father never spoke directly to her.
b9XN4 TIL that when the artist, Melanie Willhide, got her stolen laptop back, all her files were deleted by the burglar. Data recovery experts were able to recover some of them. The photos were corrupted, but she decided to exhibit the work. The show was titled after the burglar.