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TIL Smokey Robinson's 1970 Motown classic "Tears of a Clown" was inspired by the 19th century Italian opera "Pagliacci"

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vlw7 TIL The reason Popeye eats spinach is because of an error in the calculation of its iron content by chemist Erich von Wolf in 1870. He misplaced a decimal point, recording iron as having 35mg of iron per 100g, instead of its true value of 3.5mg/100g. The former is equal to eating part of a paperclip
p8LBZ TIL that UFO sightings were recorded in the Annals of Joseon Dynasty, which was written about 400 years ago.
JYM1B TIL the name of the mall in Back to the Future changed from Twin Pines Mall to Lone Pine Mall in later scenes because Marty hit a tree on Old Man Peabody's farm shortly after arriving in 1955.
e0pen TIL there is a fish poison makes hot things feel icy and cold things feel burning hot.
MWPW TIL after the White House was burned during the War of 1812, President James Madison spent the rest of his time as president living and conducting business from The Octagon House, which he rented for about $500