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TIL that the italian movie "Perfetti Sconosciuti" (2016), directed by Paolo Genovese, holds the Guinness World Record for the most remade movie in history with over 24 adaptations worldwide

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wLGY7 TIL of "Bobst Boy," an NYU student who lived in the basement of the campus library for eight months because he couldn't pay for campus housing. NYU offered him free housing and financial assistance until graduation, and he now has a Ph.D. in folklore from Indiana University.
rGQx TIL The Winner of the Nobel Prize for discovering the wave-like nature of the electron is the son of the Winner for Nobel Prize for discovering the particle-like nature of the electron
LbV0 TIL in 1997, Alex Trebek and Pat Sajak (the hosts of Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune) traded places for April Fool’s Day.
AD9l4 TIL Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus) is the patron saint of sailors, merchants, archers, repentant thieves, children, brewers, pawnbrokers, students and prostitutes
66jY TIL That the “Everlasting Lightning Storm”, after appearing continually for centuries, the lightning ceased from January to April 2010, apparently due to drought.This raised fears that it might have been extinguished permanently. (video in comments)