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TIL that Pharrell Williams requires a framed picture of Carl Sagan in his dressing room

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dDNOK TIL in 1991, 60 minutes suggested red wine was the reason for the 'French Paradox' (the French had lower rates of heart disease than Americans despite both having high-fat diets). The day after it aired, all US airlines ran out of red wine & over the next month, red wine sales in the US spiked 44%.
Bgp6K TIL cows don't have upper front teeth, instead they have dental padding, which helps them hold on to more gras while grazing
gM5D9 TIL that Father Damien, a Roman Catholic priest, selflessly helped the people with leprosy quanrantined in Kalaupapa, Kingdom of Hawai'i until his death from leprosy itself
awxZb TIL the Apollo program was named after the Greek god of light, music, and the Sun, by NASA manager Abe Silverstein. Silverstein chose the name at home one evening, early in 1960, because he felt "Apollo riding his chariot across the Sun was appropriate to the grand scale of the proposed program."
aPwZ TIL Detroit is the only city in the US that has housed a baseball, basketball, football, and hockey team for over 50 years without any of them leaving.