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TIL the statement "breakfast is the most important meal of the day" was made up by the brand Kellogs to get more people to buy cereal.

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vBE4 TIL that of the 112 deaths during the construction of the Hoover dam. The first was J.G.Tierney, a surveyor who drowned on December 20, 1922. His son, Patrick, was the last man to die working on the dam’s construction, 13 years to the day later.
yVkPX TIL in California there have been more than 200 attempts over the years to break up the state.
4kDl5 TIL on 13 August 2024 Greg Kihn the two-hit wonder of The Breakup Song and Jeopardy (the song) fame died something i learned from Australian music video show Rage's in memoriam 2024 special its MTV if it still had music)
VMkkZ TIL Frank Sinatra detested Rock and Roll, calling it, "the most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear.” He later formed a great friendship with Elvis Presley after the two performed a jazzy duet on one of Sinatra's shows.
rQrM TIL: That The Netherlands has a defence system where they can turn the provinces of North and South Holland into an island by flooding any potential crossings into the province.