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TIL the IBM computer Deep Thought was named after the computer in Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

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N7o4b TIL Lucille Ball was so frightened of birds in the house that she refused to stay in hotels that had pictures of birds and tore down expensive Japanese wallpaper in her house that had birds in its design. Her fear of birds dates to when her father died shortly after a bird flew into the family home.
M7ME8 TIL Sylvester Stallone is the only actor to star in a #1 box office movie across 6 consecutive decades
xVwvD TIL penguins were named for their resemblance to “penguins” a now-extinct bird unrelated to penguins
jRLn TIL before Mao took control of China, he ruled an unrecognized country in the southwest called the Chinese Soviet Republic.
eb9J TIL: There is an island known as “Just Room Enough Island” that has just enough room for a tree and a house.