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TIL Sir Patrick Stewart is an “obsessed” Beavis and Butthead fan, stating that it “will be singled out as a very, very important cultural phenomenon”

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XoYE TIL a man wearing a nylon jacket and wool shirt built up 40,000 volts of static electricity, resulting in burned carpets, melted plastic, and a massive evacuation.
8Vpb TIL that an astronomical clock was found in an ancient shipwreck. The clock has no earlier examples and its sophistication would not be duplicated for over 1000 years
PYwBO TIL that during the 1870s, 16 Black Members held seats in Congress—14 in the House, two in the Senate, and each one a Republican from the South with Hiram Revels of Mississippi having been appointed the first Black Senator in February 1870
7gMM TIL that Matthew McConaughey, Adrian Brody, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt were all in “Angels In The Outfield”
d8YjB TIL During the 1920s and 30s, Chrysotile was used and marketed as "artificial snow". It was sold under the brand names of "White Magic", "Pure White", and "Snow Drift". Another name for Chrysotile is White Asbestos.