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TIL The myth that human eat 8 spiders a year while we sleep was started to demonstrate how fake “facts” spread over the internet.

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W7JJA TIL a sequel to Gladiator was drafted in which Russel Crowe's Maximus is resurrected as an immortal warrior by the Roman gods to kill Jesus Christ and his disciples. He would have then fought in the Crusades, Vietnam War, and WWII before landing a job at the modern-day Pentagon
oBaXo TIL that 900 year old African coins were found of the coast of Australia, making them the oldest foreign artefacts found on the continent, predating the Europeans by centuries.
BARe TIL A German doctor for the mentally-ill King of Denmark, managed to become the “de facto” regent and instituted many progressive reforms between 1771 to 1772 including the abolition of torture, censorship of the press and ban of slave trade in Danish colonies. He was later executed and dismembered.
9YZEB TIL Hugh MacDiarmid was kicked out of the Scottish National Party for being a Communist and was kicked out of the Communist Party for being a Scottish Nationalist
Y547 TIL the ingredient that gives a Butterfinger its flakey center is corn flakes.