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TIL that Jeff Goldblum performs in a jazz show in Los Angeles almost every week. As part of the live performance, he plays piano and improvises lyrics to the theme music of “Jurassic Park.”

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1aJEV TIL of Ablaut Reduplication - a subtle rule of linguistics which dictates why "King Kong" sounds more right than "Kong King", "Hip hop" sounds more correct than "Hop hip". Similarly "tick tock", "zig zag", "chit chat" etc.
x66y1 TIL in 2019, Ariana Grande became the first artist since The Beatles to claim the top 3 spots on the Billboard Hot 100. The last time the honor was earned, the #1 song was about how "money can't buy me love" vs "7 Rings" where Grande declares "retail therapy my new addiction."
9YkbM TIL that diarrhea was one of the most common causes of death in the American Civil War and that soldiers had an unwritten code of honor against shooting someone who was pooping.
R7vDl TIL In 1862 Lincoln signed the Morrill Act which took 10.7 million acres from 250 tribes creating violence-backed land-grab universities as the root of higher education, economic development, and improved quality of life. Lincoln ordered 38 Dakota resistance hanged, the largest ever mass execution.
e0nLn TIL that even though we remember Nixon as a terrible president for Watergate, he was actually tremendously popular, and in his second election won 49 of the 50 states.