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TIL the beat of the “Mission: Impossible” theme spells out the letters “MI” in Morse code (–..)

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nODP TIL: Nashville Hot Chicken was originally intended to be bitter revenge on a cheating husband. But it back fired because he loved it.
KY6D4 TIL Guido Merkens was an NFL quarterback, running back, wide receiver, punter and defensive back for ten seasons.
GAl0N TIL that the world's oldest known piece of chewing gum is over 9,000 years old.
bXr4 TIL in 1960, Singapore’s birth rate was 5.4, so the government introduced a policy to stop parents from having more than 2 kids. The fertility rate dropped to 1.44, below replacement rates so the government reversed its policy. The fertility rate has never restored back to replacement levels since
kJJ44 TIL in the founding myth of New York penned by Washington Irving, the Dutch settlers negotiated to buy an underpants-sized plot of Manhatten from the Lenape, only to unveil an enormous pair of pantaloons once the deed was signed