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TIL that Hugh Grant’s middle name is Mungo. So his name is Hugh Mungo

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Epk7 TIL the movie “The China Syndrome”, which tells the story of a reporter who discovers safety coverups at a nuclear power plant, was met with backlash from the nuclear power industry for being “sheer fiction”. Twelve days later, the Three Mile Island nuclear meltdown accident occurred.
9YKgG TIL that one of the most famous viking symbol and the most recognizable, the Valknut, isn't called like that and actually doesn't have any known name.
l7M7G TIL Ulysses S. Grant presidency's historical assessment and reputation suffered considerably due to the "Lost Cause" myth spread by Confederate sympathizers around the turn of the 20th century, before starting to recover in the 21st century.
8e6nL TIL that a rapper, Wu-Tang offiliated - opted to chop his own penis off. And did so.
md9v TIL of ‘Tetris Effect’, where a person devoting a large amount of time to a particular pattern-based activity(which in this case is Tetris) will start unconsciously thinking and dreaming about it