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TIL the term "spaghetti western" was coined by American critics and those in other countries because most of the films were produced and directed by Italians.

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Qywd TIL There was an ancient philosopher who would often troll people by “living by example.” This included masturbating in public, upon finishing said “If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly…”
4kR95 TIL that famed scientist George Washington Carver had a respiratory infection in his youth which him with an unusually high pitched voice that “startled all who met him.”
Br8PW TIL only 3 people have technically died in space. In 1971, the Soyuz 11 crew was killed at an altitude of 104 miles when the cabin depressurized. The re-entry seemed to go off without a hitch. But recovery crews quickly discovered the crew inside dead, with blood streaming from their noses and ears.
aolN TIL Bear-Cats are a real thing but are neither bears nor cats. They use their tail as an extra limb and to communicate emitting an odor reminiscent of popcorn or corn chips.
x65MB TIL about structural colouration. ‘Structural coloration in animals, and a few plants, is the production of colour by microscopically structured surfaces fine enough to interfere with visible light instead of pigments…’