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TIL that the last woolly mammoths lived at the same time the Egyptians were building the pyramids

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X0Xpr TIL Pablo Picasso's full name is Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria de los Remedios Crispiniano de la Santisima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso
ANRPn TIL about Belphegor's prime, 1000000000000066600000000000001, a palindromic prime number with 666 at its heart and 13 zeros on either side. It was named after one of the Princes of Hell, who was charged with helping people make ingenious inventions and discoveries.
wLN1 TIL Marvin Gaye gave his father the gun that killed him as a Christmas gift
BlRd TIL that when Peter Cullen auditioned for the voice of Optimus Prime, his inspiration for the voice style came from his brother: “Peter, don’t be a Hollywood hero, be a real hero. Real heroes don’t yell and act tough; they are tough enough to be gentle, so control yourself.”
5veR TIL Jeff Bridges said of working on Iron Man, “They had no script, man. We would show up for big scenes every day and we wouldn’t know what we were going to say. We would go into our trailer and call up writers on the phone, ‘You got any ideas?’”