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TIL that the Big Bang Theory was first proposed by a Catholic Priest in 1927

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Me4rK TIL that the stalker of a Japanese singer was able to deduce where she lived by looking at her social media and studying the reflections of her eyes in photos. He deduced which station she used, tailed her home to her condo, and using other photos she’d posted, deduced which room she lived in
KO1M9 TIL every baby born in Korea is one year old and all Koreans turn a year older on January First. This helps maintain the age hierarchy vital in Korea.
pYeYG TIL that Barry Marshall drank a broth of cultured H. pylori to prove that the bacteria caused stomach ulcers. Expecting to develop ulcers years down the road, he instead developed symptoms in three days; within two weeks, he needed antibiotics due to the bacterial colonization and inflammation.
DVAr TIL: The monkey wrench was named using a purposeful misspelling of Moncky, the inventor’s last name.
5Y7MB TIL in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory", in newspaper reports about the fraudulent "winner" of the fifth golden ticket in Paraguay, the man pictured is real-life Nazi Martin Bormann; the joke by the director was that he had fled like many other Nazis to South America.