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TIL Stephen Hillenburg, creator of SpongeBob SquarePants, is a marine biologist.

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6lRW TIL that 5 scientists observed 60,000 episodes combined of 73 cows lying down to determine that: (1) the longer the cow has been lying down, the more likely the cow will soon stand up, and (2) once the cow stands up you cannot easily predict how soon that cow will lie down again.
N5V8 TIL that there is recorded evidence of a ‘clapping noise’ produced by the northern lights, proving folktales of the phenomenon true.
b9ZKN TIL In 1867, a jar was found in Paris containing a human rib among other artifacts, and a label claiming that they belonged to Joan of Arc. Tests conducted in 2006 revealed that they came not from Joan of Arc, but an Egyptian mummy.
k98e TIL that ‘The Dr. Oz Show’ has been heavily criticized by the medical community and a study has found that 54% of health recommendations on the show were not medically supported.
nWkYB TIL only 46 votes out of the 5,722,440 votes cast in the 1868 US Presidential Election were for someone other than Ulysses S. Grant or Horatio Seymour