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TIL that there is a palaeontologist called David Schwimmer who was publishing papers throughout the time that Friends was airing

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p0oA TIL that according to Cunningham’s Law the best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question, it’s to post the wrong answer.
j5XN TIL RollerCoaster Tycoon was originally created by Chris Sawyer as an excuse to visit theme parks and “research” roller coasters.
NRnE TIL South Korea withdrew its opposition to Hashima Island being made a UNESCO world heritage site, on the condition Japan acknowledge its use of Korean forced laborers. Immediately after the site was approved, Japan’s Foreign Minister backtracked on earlier statements.
gMkQ9 TIL that when "The Flintstones" added the baby Pebbles in 1963, it was originally going to be a boy, until Ideal Toys pointed out that they would sell a lot more merchandise if they made the baby a girl, as baby boy dolls didn't sell well in that era
R5d4l TIL about the Potoooooooo horse, a famous 18th-century Thoroughbred racehorse who, as the story goes, got his name from the stable boy who misheard the name "Potatoes" and heard it literally as "pot-eight-o's" and wrote it out as such. The owner found it so funny that he kept the name.