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QJdO6 TIL the saying "to work up an appetite" originated from back when people would become hungry as the result of physical labor AND THEN consume food. Wow, the more you know! These days, I've just been saying, "Man, I really jerked up the ability to binge-eat an entire carrot cake."
wLa8J TIL: The Wreck of the Sultana was the Worst Maritime Disaster In American History, killing 1,800 on board.
xV8ao TIL Our nose and our ears get bigger with age, but not because they are growing - because of gravity and the breakdown of collagen
Or1a TIL that Lincoln had depression for most of his life and often contemplated suicide.
8arxP TIL In 1962, Decca Records turned down a band auditioning with them, by saying "guitar groups are on the way out". The band they turned down: the Beatles, who later sold more than 600 million albums worldwide.