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TIL that Hawaii has no squirrels.

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R7vpl TIL Beethoven was once asked to an improvisational battle by a rival (Daniel Steibelt). During the duel, Beethoven took a piece of his rival's music, turned it upside-down, then improvised on that theme for over an hour. Steibelt left halfway through the performance.
rQB1 TIL that the “Vern” in Ernest P. Worrell’s famous “Know what I mean, Vern?” catchphrase was supposed to be you, the viewer, in which case you were his neighbor, Vern.
grKVW TIL Julius Caesar wasn't born via Caesarean section. In fact, the procedure was named well before he existed. Despite this, in some languages, the term directly translates the "caesar" part. For example, in German it's "Kaiserschnitt" (emperor cut).
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