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TIL Reno, Nevada is named after the Father of the man who invented the first working escalator

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L7m TIL Michael Jackson composed music for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1994) but was left uncredited because of child sex abuse scandal
VM7pD TIL that when Viagra is dissolved in water with flowers in them, the flowers stay erect up to a week longer than usual.
9YPYm TIL that 18th-century scientists believed that sperm contained tiny preformed humans that implanted in the woman’s reproductive system to grow in size.
7GlL TIL in 2011 two men not only climbed Everest but paraglided from its peak, then hiked and kayaked through some of the world’s most unforgiving territory to reach India’s Bay of Bengal in a trial that has been dubbed “The Ultimate Descent.”
MeNaW TIL there's an Australian moth (Uraba lugens) that wears its previous heads as a hat. They call it the Mad Hatterpillar.