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TIL A televangelist called Oral Roberts once told his viewers that if he didn’t receive 8 million dollars in 3 months God would kill him, and that he received over 9 million dollars in that period of time

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KOLQQ TIL the 2002 Canadian cartoon 'RoboRoach' (which followed the story of a cyborg cockroach) was inspired by the true story of cyborg cockroaches created by scientists at the University of Tokyo
ZW9a TIL: the reason cats and snakes have vertical pupils is because it increases their depth perception while hunting at night while prey animals such as sheep have horizontal pupils so that they may have a panoramic view of their surroundings to watch for predators
8aX7a TIL When Charles II died he had no legitimate heirs, but he did have several illegitimate children. Two of those children were ancestors of Princess Diana, so when William becomes king, he will be the first descendant of Charles II to take the throne.
BrOBr TIL of the Strauss–Howe generational theory. According to this theory, every 80 years is a crucial “fourth turning” of generations in American history. The “fourth turning” is necessarily marked by a crisis that has destroyed the social order and created a new one, after which a new cycle commences.
xG01 TIL of a woman, Lizzie Velasquez, who was born with a rare disease called ‘neonatal progeroid syndrome’, that people consider to be, 'The ugliest woman in the world’ and how she turned into a positive role model and motivational speaker