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TIL before the 1900’s, it was theorised that birds slept at the bottom of lakes or migrated to the moon for the winter.

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nWBmB TIL Richard Dedekind, who worked with Georg Cantor on infinite sets, was an exceptional mathematician but he never went beyond being a high school teacher in his hometown. Cantor wanted to enter University of Berlin but was prevented from doing so as his new branch of mathematics was rejected
VBNMG TIL Stephen King never cashed the $5,000 check that Frank Darabont paid him in 1987 for the rights to adapt his novella 'Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption'. Eventually, King had the check framed and returned it to Darabont with a note that read, "In case you ever need bail money. Love, Steve."
RKDQ TIL Dolphins can communicate with one another over a telephone, and appear to know who they are talking. In one experiment carried in an aquarium in Hawaii, the mother and her two-year-old calf in another tank, connected by a special underwater audio link, recognized each other and “talked”.
NXkG6 TIL Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle was originally supposed to be about a quest to find Krispy Kreme donuts, but the food was changed to White Castle hamburgers after Krispy Kreme refused to allow the film to use their name.
O1MY TIL Jurors can legally return a ‘not guilty’ verdict if they believe the law is unjust regardless of whether or not the defendant actually committed the crime through a process called 'jury nullification’ but judges rarely inform juries of this power.