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TIL a woman built a “Tree Troll” as a tribute to her deceased father. It’s made almost entirely out of paper mache

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b6kW9 TIL the 2008 song “There’s No One as Irish as Barack O’bama” became a minor hit in the Irish market
DmGJ TIL As a young boy Peter Capaldi was such a fan of Doctor Who that he decided he should be president of the Doctor Who fan club and wrote to the BBC telling them so. He wrote so many letters that a member of staff wrote, ‘I think he’s the end and I wish the Daleks or someone would exterminate him’
M96a TIL Jesse Owens real name was “J. C. ”, but due to his strong southern accent people thought his name was Jesse.
gM61L TIL about "Situationism", the idea that someone's immediate situation and environment determines their behaviour more than any genetic or learned traits
KOAQ4 TIL - Personality has a larger effect on success than IQ.