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TIL Rick Moranis and Geddy Lee attended Elementary School together.

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XE5XR TIL in Ancient Egypt, Pharoah Pepi II despised flies so he would keep naked slaves smeared with honey near him in order to keep flies away.
KYDJw TIL about The Cure for Insomnia, an experimental movie released in 1987 by a man named John Henry Timmis IV, that held the Guinness World Record for longest film at around 87 hours. It consists of an artist reading a 4,080 page poem, and there are believed to be no copies left.
vPRl8 TIL that dogs' noses are so sensitive that they can smell whale poop in the ocean from up to 1 mile (1.6 km) away
ADKLn TIL Father of US Navy Admiral John Paul Jones fouhgt his last naval battles in the area of present-day Ukraine
QJ0bX TIL scientists debunked the “people look left when lying” myth by studying adults in press conferences appealing for info about missing family members. They tracked the eye movements of speakers later convicted of murdering the “missing” loved one.