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TIL the Stevie in Stevie Wonder is not short for Steven or Stephen, but Stevland

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GY1nQ TIL when Matt Groening was asked about future ambitions regarding “The Simpsons” he said, “My ultimate goal is to offend every country in the world.”
NXgvJ TIL that frozen embryos show no significant effect of storage time on post-thaw survival for IVF, and that pregnancies have been reported from embryos stored for 27 years.
Me5WA TIL the monument in front of the tomb of Wu Zetian, China's only female monarch, has no inscriptions. Among the many explanations given: she saw her great achievements as indescribable; she didn't want the scholars to smear her name; or as a Buddhist, she considered life and death to be meaningless
b9x5p TIL in Victorian times, the cheapest form of accommodation available was a “penny hang”. You could literally pay a penny to sleep over a ROPE. This was commonly used by drunk sailors who had spent all of their money and is the origin of the term “hangover“.
XND TIL that a Buddha statuette from India was found in Sweden at an excavation of a Viking village