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TIL Marvin the Martian wore Roman armor as he was based on a conception of the Roman god Mars.

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VMmyD TIL that since the turn of the century, cockroach populations have plummeted in some former Soviet countries for unknown reasons, with at least one species being proposed for inclusion in lists of threatened fauna
nW8mo TIL that Ross Bagdasarian Jr., son of Alvin and the Chipmunks creator Ross Sr., revived the group after an LA DJ played a sped-up version of "Call Me" by Blondie, claiming it was a new Chipmunks single as a joke, leading to high demand for the fake single
N76Ee TIL that my learned habit of putting 2 spaces after a period is woefully out of date.
gOPW TIL Wolfram Alpha creator received his PhD on theoretical physics at the age of 20
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