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TIL Children’s books have 50% more rare words written in them than words spoken in an average showing of adult prime-time television.

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Bx7e TIL multicellular life only has 800 million years left on Earth, at which point, there won’t be enough CO2 in the atmosphere for photosynthesis to occur.
9Zr TIL Pope Stephen VI put his dead predecessor Pope Formosus on trial, dressed in Papal gowns and found him guilty of disloyalty and of grasping for ecclesial power. His punishment was 3 broken fingers and being thrown in the Tiber.
e0rEb TIL that during World War II, German soldiers in Africa consumed Camel feces believing that it prevented and treated dysentery.
nWnr7 TIL that Sylvester Stallone directed the Saturday Night Live sequel "Staying Alive" that has Travolta's character following his dream of professional dancing and having flopped to the point that it's currently on Rotten Tomatoes 0% list.
oRY1W TIL that Elizabeth I had a lot of missing teeth from eating too much sweets, making it difficult for foreign ambassadors to understand what she was saying.