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TIL that the reason that the anime Paranoia Agent had a bombastic and energetic opening is because its creator, Satoshi Kon, was well aware that his anime was being viewed at night. The opening would grab your attention and then the soft ending would lull you to sleep.

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KYN6G TIL that if you were to light your farts on fire, an act called pyroflatulance, the resulting flame would be predominantly blue, as hydrogen and methane, the predominant flammable gasses in farts, burn blue.
d8K5E TIL that Oskar Schindler died broke, having spent his entire fortune (equivalent to $14 million) saving Jews from the Nazis. Of the 15 million Jews left alive today, roughly 15,000 of them owe their lives to Schindler. He is the only Nazi buried on Mount Zion.
oAn8 TIL That the United States is considered the origin of at least 60 different kinds of sandwiches.
EgDpp TIL that the Wright Brothers' first patent wasn't for their airplane. It was for the system of controls they built to control their airplane.
JYerj TIL of Connie Converse, whose work is among the earliest known recordings of the singer-songwriter genre of music. In 1974 she disappeared, writing to family and friends that she wished to start a new life. Her music has received renewed attention in recent years, but she was never seen again.