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TIL a pencil can draw a line that’s roughly 35 miles long.

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LkRg9 TIL Saint Drogo is the patron saint of unattractive people, baristas, the mentally ill, and hernias.
awyZZ TIL that despite holding the record for most best acting nominations (12) and wins (4), Katharine Hepburn never attended the Academy Awards ceremony, except in 1974 when she presented the Irving G. Thalberg award to a friend.
EEAW TIL that the last movie released to VHS in North America was “A History of Violence” in 2006
wgW TIL there is a section running across the entire southeast US where blacks outnumber the whites called the “Black Belt”
mxPNy TIL During WW1 the british army created “Pals Battalions” which let men fight alongside their friends, neighbours and colleagues. The objective of these battalions were so soldiers would fight harder and keep each others spirits up.