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TIL The Python programming language was named after Monty Python, not a snake.

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Oo6kL TIL dogs have musical tastes. The Scottish SPCA and University of Glasgow monitored dogs' heartrates while playing different kinds of music and found that most dogs "prefer reggae and soft rock," though each individual dog also had its own preferences.
6O08 TIL That there is a network of fungi (mycorrhizal fungi) that connects plants to each other at the roots. The fungi give the plants nutrients and the plants give the fungi sugar. The vast connection of plants and fungi is called the “Wood Wide Web”
Me8wA TIL there is a Filipino carpenter who has been voluntarily crucified every year since 1985 on Good Friday. He drives four-inch nails into both hands and feet and is then lifted on a wooden cross for around five minutes.
OkLL TIL that in 2012, the CEO of Lenovo received a $3 million bonus as a reward for record profits which he in-turn redistributed to about 10,000 of Lenovo’s employees. He did this again in 2013.
M7Vd0 TIL California almost got its first Major League Baseball team in 1941, 15 years before the Dodgers and Giants moved