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8aNGX TIL "my name is Haines" was a famous 1800s catchphrase, dropped in conversation when someone needed to leave somewhere quickly. It was inspired by a man's awkward encounter with Thomas Jefferson. In 1840 a newspaper said it had "a popularity which no other slang phrase has ever attained."
jN9RX TIL The British built a thousand mile, 12 foot high, 14 foot across hedge through India, no one is totally clear why.
GAVWE TIL That the asteroid impact that wiped out most of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago sparked two years of darkness
8epLa TIL that of the two 1988 films starring Tom Cruise, one of them (Rain Man) won the Oscar for Best Picture, while the other (Cocktail) won the Razzie for Worst Picture. Cruise remains the only actor to achieve both distinctions in the same year.
oRMBL TIL the jazz standard "Pennsylvania 6-5000," popularized by Glenn Miller, was inspired by the Pennsylvania Hotel's telephone number from where Miller led His Orchestra in 1940.