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TIL that Rian Johnson directed both the much maligned 'The Last Jedi' and the Breaking Bad episode 'Ozymandias' which is widely considered one one the best episodes in the best series in the history of television.

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Eg98V TIL that the oldest known impacted wisdom tooth belonged to a European woman who lived between 13,000 and 11,000 BCE. Molar impaction was a rare condition prior to the modern era: it became ten times more common after the introduction of soft, processed foods.
JJW1 TIL if you type www.loser.com in the web address bar, it will redirect you to Kanye West’s Wikipedia page.
V8W4 TIL 1 in 10 inhabitants on the island of Pingelap is color blind due to a ‘population bottleneck’ in 1775 after a catastrophic typhoon swept through the remote island leaving only 20 survivors. One of the survivors was King Nanmwarki Mwanenihsed, patient 0 with the rare Achromatopsia gene.
Rejl TIL The Big Bang Theory was actually first theorized by a Catholic priest.
Rw86 TIL The combined surface area of the Great Lakes is roughly equal to the size of the United Kingdom, and the lakes contain approximately 35,000 islands.