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TIL that M&M stands for Mars and Murrie’s

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Wk8vY TIL that the first alphabetical English dictionary was written by schoolteacher Robert Cawdrey in 1604 and the only surviving copy is found at the Bodleian Library in Oxford
OG8l7 TIL about Edwarda O'Bara, a Florida woman who went into a diabetic coma for 42 years after contracting pneumonia. Nicknamed "Florida's sleeping Snow White," her mother took care of her to the point that by 2007, 5 years before Edwarda passed, she was at least $200k in debt.
E1BxP TIL there is a statue of the witch Samantha from TV's Bewitched in Salem, Massachusetts.
7rvgb TIL The song '(She's a) Brick House' was written after the band (The Commodores) couldn't come up with lyrics to the funky riff. The wife of the record's producer wrote the lyrics one night and the band loved it. She never got official credit but the band has publicly acknowledged her as the writer
ZylD TIL…that in one form or another “the golden rule” quote is present in almost every single religion (here is a complete list with the quotes)…