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TIL Americans have worse dental health than the British.

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xvY5 TIL of an episode of Goosebumps called “Click”, which preceded the movie and has an identical plot.
Ba4b TIL that Princess Zelda was named after Scott Fitzgerald’s (The Great Gatsby author) wife.
wolyM TIL Thomas Edison created the first ever film studio, "The black maria", which could rotate so that it could always catch the best lighting. There, they shot "The kiss" (1898) which contained the first on-screen kiss, which caused a demand for the first ever film industry censorship.
P1M0V TIL that a guy sailed across the Atlantic in a yacht just 162cm (5 foot 4) long. Apparently, the sport is called microsailing.
6EkW TIL that “Finnegans Wake”, a book by James Joyce, is widely considered to be one of the most difficult works of fiction to read. Readers and commentators have yet to come to a unanimous agreement on who the characters are or what the plot is.