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TIL Charles Darwin's grandson, also named Charles Darwin, was an accomplished physicist with notable work in quantum mechanics

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pnZp TIL Voice of Bugs Bunny, Mel Blanc, fell into a coma after a car accident and would only respond to people who addressed him as one of his many cartoon characters and did so in character. The first thing he said after 3 weeks was “What’s up doc?” to a doctor who said “How ya doin Bugs Bunny?”
X0moE TIL that crushed-up walnut shells are hard enough to use effectively in sandblasters, mostly for removing rust or the top-most layer of paint.
x60w TIL Pablo Picasso was going to brothels by the age of 13.
b6nDN TIL of Chessie the kitten, an etching of a tucked in sleeping kitten that became a popular mascot and advertising symbol for Chesapeake and Ohio Railway from the 30s to the 70s which spawned books and merchandising.
lDMr TIL a Dutch city known as Utrecht celebrated George Orwell’s 110 birthday by putting party hats on surveillance cameras.