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TIL the reason Richard Nixon’s head in Futurama says “Aroo!” is because Nixon reminds Billy West of a werewolf.

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VM8WB TIL that a Brownie or Broonie (Scots), also known as a brùnaidh or gruagach (Scottish Gaelic), is a household spirit from Scottish folklore that is said to come out at night while the owners of the house are asleep and perform various chores and farming tasks.
ParL TIL Nazi scientists were the first to link smoking with lung cancer
9YO6B TIL Researchers were given rare access to fragments of Hitler's teeth. They found that Hitler definitely died in 1945 from taking cyanide and from a bullet. They aimed to put conspiracy theories to rest.
rN9PW TIL that Wall Street (NYC) was named because of a northern wall boundary to keep natives out
W51B TIL of Peter Skyllberg who was trapped for two months in his car after it became bogged down in snow drifts near the town of Umea in Sweden. He survived on just snow and snacks and went into a state of hibernation. This slowed his metabolism and left him emaciated, barely able to speak or move.