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TIL that the ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras discovered that musical intervals correspond to simple mathematical ratios, laying the foundation for Western music theory.

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GY7X5 TIL Shania Twain married the husband of the woman her own husband was cheating with
dDvMj TIL that Spanish moss is not a moss; it’s more closely related to grasses than to mosses. It’s also not Spanish; it’s native to the southern US, Central America, and South America.
WkD9L TIL that a single strand of spaghetti is called a spaghetto
JYEo1 TIL of the Gouffé Case, a murder case which unfolded in France, 1889. The subsequent investigation lived on as a case study for budding criminologists. Many of the methods utilized by Dr. Lacassagne during his weeklong autopsy, are now standard practices in forensic examinations.
VMOk4 TIL Somali novelist Nuruddin Farah has garnered acclaim as one of the greatest contemporary writers in the world. Farah was warned that the Somali government planned to arrest him, so he began a self-imposed exile that would last for 22 years