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TIL, The famous fictional British spy, James Bond (code name 007) was borrowed from a real-life American ornithologist who had written Birds of the West Indies, a book that Fleming, creator of James bond had loved in his youth.

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woplE TIL that in 2007, hunters found in a bowhead whale a 90 mm head of an explosive bomb lance of a model manufactured between 1879 and 1885, allowing to estimate the animal's age at between 115 and 130 years.
16w5W TIL that Nike’s famous “Just Do It” slogan was inspired by murderer Gary Gilmore’s last words, moments before he was executed by a firing squad in 1977.
JYEmv TIL 8 of the top 10 selling albums of all time were released between 1973 & 1982, and 5 of those were released in 1976 & 1977
LQVPQ TIL people can hear if pouring water is hot or cold
N1rN TIL Al-Jazari, a 12th-century Kurdish polymath, invented the crankshaft, piston engine, valve, cam, mechanical clock, combination lock, hydropower driven water supply system, and the first programmable humanoid robot. Leonardo Da Vinci was inspired by his work.