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TIL that slave labor was used to build the White House

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9wJvG TIL Johnny Depp was the first person to hear Glass Animals' #1 Billboard hit "Heat Waves". Lead singer Dave Bayley was writing it late at night in a London studio when Depp, working in another studio, snuck into the room while searching for the restroom and listened to the entire unreleased track.
6EdpZ TIL that when Monarch Butterflies migrate south over Lake Superior, they steer widely around something invisible for no apparent reason. It’s widely believed that they’re steering around a mountain which no longer exists, and is just a memory that’s still passed on to modern generations
7BbX TIL that some older PCs would play Für Elise through their motherboard speakers to indicate hardware failure. Other tunes occasionally heard included “It’s a Small, Small World” and “Eye of the Tiger.”
9YEKB TIL Saint Augustine of Hippo almost married a 10 year old heiress when he was 31. He had to wait 2 more years for the legal marriage age of 12, but became a Catholic Priest before the marriage could happen.
1ynr TIL that actor Alan Rickman, who portrayed Snape in the Harry Potter films, knew the full story of the character from the very beginning. When he was asked by directors why he delivered lines certain ways he would say that he “knew something they didn’t.”