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TIL the theme song to the children's show "Arthur" was sung by Bob Marley's son, Ziggy Marley.

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GB55 TIL the longest American Presidential Inauguration was William Henry Harrison; over 2 hours and 8000+ words. He died a month later of pneumonia.
e07n4 TIL elephant's brain react the same way to humans the way human brains react to puppies. That is they think we are cute.
8aKBa TIL that people would have sex in graveyards to “laugh in the face of death”, during the Black Death. It became illegal and people were threatened with excommunication. It was thought that sexual immorality caused the plague, so prostitution and adultery were outlawed.
Wo74 TIL the name Vanessa was invented by writer Jonathan Swift in 1713 as a nickname for his lover Esther Vanhomrigh.
MrpA TIL ancient egyptians used a method of multiplication and division which is completely different to our own, but very similar to that used by computers (video 7:04)