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TIL that Google made a detailed, interactive map of the galaxy in HTML5, just to see if they could.

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V7xZ TIL “Public relations” was invented by Freud´s nephew Edward Bernays as a substitute for “Propaganda” due to negative implications surrounding the word because of its use by the Germans
VB1j8 TIL that at $30 billion, Stan Lee has the highest career-film box office revenue gross of any other actor or actress in history, although his roles have all been brief cameos in Marvel films
0Z6M TIL that after the 1995 Saturday Night Live season, NBC fired Adam Sandler and Chris Farley from the show.
D8yj TIL soon after the American revolution, the leader of the Continental Congress asked the Prince of Prussia to become King of the United States
woAYP TIL that Night of the Living Dead (1968) is responsible for the modern conception of zombies as unhinged flesh-eaters. Prior to the movie, "zombies" were typically portrayed as living people enslaved by priests. Interestingly however, the word "zombie" is never mentioned once in the entire film.