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TIL several Supreme Court Justices opposed the creation of a Supreme Court Building because they preferred to work from home

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GAVAQ TIL the “One of us, Gooble Gobble” chant (popularized by South Park and Wolf of Wall Street) comes from the 1934 movie Freaks, a film about “sideshow freaks.”
JYLpj TIL the title of the novel "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea" does not refer to a depth. It refers to the distance covered by the Nautilus in immersion during its voyage. 20k leagues is around 80 000 km. The correct translation of the title is "... under the seas" making the distinction clearer
YbOP TIL that in 2013, after more than 20 years of soda being America’s number one beverage, water has taken over as Americans’ favorite drink.
n9XG TIL Office Space was the reason waiters at TGIF stopped wearing flair.
P11GV TIL about window taxes, an old form of property taxes, that led some owners to brick over their windows