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TIL there exists a psychological phenomenon in which perfectly sane people, with no desire to die, find themselves faced with a steep cliff and experience a strong desire to leap. This phenomenon is so common, in fact, that the French have a term for it: L’appel du Vide – Call of the Void.

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mxMyx TIL of “Cow Tools,” a cartoon described as the most loathed Far Side strip ever, that confused so many readers the newspaper’s phones didn’t stop ringing for two days. The author, Gary Larson, issued a press release explaining the joke after receiving hundreds of letters.
ej94 TIL believing that his comic strip , ‘Calvin and Hobbes,’ only works in print form, cartoonist Bill Watterson has refused to ever sell the film rights to his comics and has turned down offers from Steven Spielberg and Pixar.
7rdOP TIL: In the 1980s, the DIA hired an American analyst named Ana Montes. She was deemed incredibly dependable and responsible, quickly becoming he most senior analyst on Cuba. She slipped through the cracks for over 15 years before the US found out she was a spy working for Cuba the entire time!
r0B0 TIL that in 1975, North Korean embassy staff in Australia crashed their Mercedes, and when they went to the nearest house for help they were aghast to find that that they had knocked on the door of the South Korean ambassador’s residence.
j668Q TIL that a person claiming to be Pope without election by the Roman Catholic Church is known as an Antipope.