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TIL: The Army Corps of Engineers Made a 2023 Cat Calendar

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ydKl TIL, that Charles Darwin was laid to rest in Westminster abbey. The highest honor the church could offer.
D6Oj TIL Jimi Hendrix was discharged from the army due to sleeping on duty and being caught masturbating.
aMmZ TIL that in 2011, two men para-glided from the summit of Mt. Everest, arriving at a village in 42min and avoiding the dangerous conventional 3 day descent.
QYJe TIL that despite increases in computer power, each Shrek movie has taken about twice as many hours to render as the one before it. Dreamworks calls this “Shrek’s Law”.
v1adL TIL that test audiences for 'Good Night, and Good Luck' complained that the actor playing Joseph McCarthy was over the top. They didn't realize that it wasn't an actor, but archival footage of McCarthy himself.