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TIL that Cher is the only artist in history to have a Number One song on the Billboard Music Charts for six consecutive decades.

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bN97 TIL that the word plagiarism comes from plagiarii. In the ancient Mediterranean world, plagiarii were pirates who kidnapped young children, among other misdeeds. When plagiarists claim someone else’s ideas as their own, they steal someone else’s brainchild.
Mbmm TIL that in the town of Virgin, Utah a law was passed which required every homeowner to keep and maintain a firearm.
x6LV7 TIL Sigmund Freud wrote a book where he claimed Moses actually worshipped an Egyptian sun deity.
5VdPr TIL that in the US, 67% of second marriages, and 74% of third marriages end in divorce.
8apbP TIL Disneyland have cats called "cat members" who roam the park day and night keeping rodents away