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TIL Fall (aka Autumn) is the only season to have two names because the switchover from one to the other happened during the founding of the American colonies

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X0J88 TIL Yang Liwei, China's first man in space, heard a mysterious knocking in space but it did not come from outside nor inside the spaceship. He has even tried - but failed - to recreate the sound so that experts could help him identify it
EAP7 TIL that Target has 2 U.S. based forensic labs where they solve retail crimes, felonies, homicides, and special circumstances cases for law bureaus that need the extra manpower, facilities, resources and time – free of charge.
mwRo TIL that Liam Neeson turned down playing James Bond in ‘95 because “he has never been interested in starring in action movies.”
VnNp TIL that when Joss Whedon was asked why he wrote strong female characters he simply responded “Because you’re still asking me that question.”
v1KE8 TIL an 18-year-old from the UK was arrested after attending a youth group session about dealing with anti-social behaviour, as he had an anti-social behaviour order banning him from congregating with 4 or more youths and the group was larger than 3.