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TIL that Newton's apple hitting his head is fiction. He told the story to at least 4 people before he died and none of them mentioned any impact

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gMWN8 TIL the same apple tree from which an apple fell and supposedly hit Isaac Newton, inspiring his theory of gravity, is still growing at his family home over 350 years later
XENNk TIL Idaho passed bill HCR029 in 2005, which praised the film Napolean Dynamite for increasing state tourism. "WHEREAS, any members of the House of Representatives or the Senate of the Legislature of the State of Idaho who choose to vote "Nay" on this concurrent resolution are "FREAKIN' IDIOTS!"
erKE TIL at 52, Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman married 18-year-old Mandy Smith but divorced after a year. Bill’s 30-year-old son then Stephen married Mandy’s mother, age 46. If Bill and Mandy had remained married, Stephen would have been his father’s father-in-law and his own grandpa.
x6en7 TIL The Gjøa left from the port of Oslofjord in 1903 when Norway was still in a union with Sweden. Over the next three years she was the first to sail the Northwest Passage and returned home to an independent Norway. The crew became some of the nation's first heroes.
eJDJ TIL that a woman faked her entire tragedy and the loss of her husband during the 9/11 attacks and became President of the Support Network in New York