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TIL that one horse actually generates about 15 horsepower.
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TIL the phrase hocus pocus originated in the Middle Ages from the Latin phrase "hoc est corpus meum" (this is my body) during the sacrament of communion, those who didn't know Latin thought they were saying hocus pocus
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TIL Tommy Wiseau has a web show where he is held captive by an alien and forced to play video games
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TIL the opposite of sparkle is darkle.
MeKga
TIL of Action park, a New Jersey theme park that was known to have so many accidents in the 1980s, 5-10 victims on the busiest days, that park authority bought the nearby town of Vernon extra ambulances to keep up with the number of injured. At least 6 people died there.
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TIL that in 1970, when she was the highest paid woman on television with 42% of the viewing audience, Debbie Reynolds quit her show because NBC was running cigarette commercials during its airtime