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TIL that Thailand is in the year 2563. They use Buddhist calendar instead of the gregorian calendar explaining the 543 year difference

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WkVwA TIL of Grant Gelt, the kid who played Bertram in The Sandlot, who was described at the end of the film as getting "really into the 60's and no one ever saw him again." According to Grant's IMDB page, his last credited role was for a 1999 TV Film known as "The 60's" and he's had no other roles since
R75nj TIL On July 16, 2186 there is predicted to be the longest solar eclipse during the current 10,000 year period, from 4000 BC to 6000 AC.
4rpo TIL that while on an expedition into Africa during the late 19th century, James Jameson, heir to the Jameson Irish whiskey empire, bought a 10 yr old girl for six handkerchiefs and gave her to cannibals so he could witness and sketch her being eaten.
KePB TIL that the Big Brain on Futurama was played by Maurice LaMarche, the voice of Brain on Pinky and the Brain
7rg4x TIL Covert consciousness "is consciousness that cannot be detected by bedside examination. Studies . . . suggest that approximately 10 percent of those believed to be in a vegetative state or a low-level minimally conscious state . . . can actually follow commands during functional MRI or EEG tests"