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TIL For a short time, Uranus used to be named ‘George’.
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TIL that in 2015 more people died trying to take selfies than from shark attacks
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TIL about the Tyndall effect, which is light scattering by particles in a colloid such as a very fine suspension.
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TIL that the famous cover photo of The Beatles' album "HELP!", in which the four of them pose in flag semaphore to each make a letter, actually has them spelling "NUJV". The photographer said he thought it looked better.
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TIL that there are “price trackers” for Amazon that show you where the price has been. This is a great tool for avoiding fake Cyber Monday prices.
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TIL that for four years, Hugh Grant pretended to be his own talent agent under the name James Howe Ealy. He communicated with people via a fake email account and even disguised his voice with a Scottish accent on the phone. “I saved myself an absolute fortune,” he said.