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TIL of the aphorism Hanlon’s Razor: “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by carelessness”.

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pY4VN TIL of The Little-Known Legend of Jesus in Japan, where he settled down in Japan to grow garlic, married a farmers daughter, fathered 3 kids and died at 106
rRQgx TIL George Washington's estate, Mount Vernon, was home to a distillery operating from 1797 - 1799. It produced a rye whiskey with a mashbill of 60% rye, 35% corn, and 5% malted barley.
QJXJe TIL you don't need to wait 24 hours to file a missing person's report and that this is a common myth.
D1rpD TIL that Petra, the Blue Peter dog for 15 years, who was so loved there is even a statue of her at BBC television centre, was actually a replacement. The original Petra died two days after her debut and the show makers hastily found a lookalike to avoid upsetting the viewers.
grLl8 TIL about the Reverse Mandela Effect - A phenomenon where an event or detail suddenly appears in the public consciousness that would have otherwise been too significant to forget. A popular example is the supposed assassination of MLK Jr.'s mother: Alberta Williams King.