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TIL Shirley Temple’s daughter was the bass player for The Melvins

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G884 TIL that in Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” a character recognizes a woman’s handwriting by saying “Her c’s, her u’s, and her t’s!”, subtly spelling out the word “cunt” (“and” = n), hence the next line, “And thus she makes her great p’s!” (“pees”)
AD8Rl TIL Music is so influential on the brain that the type you listen to actually has the ability to change the way you think and look at the world.
g468 TIL Netflix’s origin story “Reed Hasting came up with the idea for Netflix when he was hit with a $40 late fee on the movie Apollo 13” is BS and just a marketing tool.
oGxL TIL the inventor of headphones was picked up by the US Navy after being rejected by private investors.
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