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TIL that Kal Penn is actually a pseudonym. Kalpen is his first name, and by splitting it up, his callbacks increased by 50%.

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R7YP1 TIL about the blue men of the desert, the Touareg people. Their indigo colored clothing stains their skin blue and the women in their matrilineal society enjoy a high status
EgnWW TIL about the existance of the Nirvana Falacy: the rejection of a proposed solution for not being perfect, despite there being no better alternative.
KYlaw TIL that then-Congressman and future Vice President Dan Quayle was invited to investigate Jonestown with fellow Congressman, Leo Ryan, but declined. That declination ended up saving his life, as Ryan was later assassinated in Guyana.
W7KN TIL that a snozzberry is used by Roald Dahl (author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) as a euphemism for male genitalia.
grbL TIL that there is a theory called “The Phantom Time Hypothesis” in which it is stated that the years from 614 to 911 AD didn’t actually exist and where faked by Roman Emperor Otto III so he could reign in the year 1000 AD.