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TIL famed novelist Ernest Hemingway survived two plane crashes in two days whilst visiting Africa

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neYK9 TIL that “Pap” as in pap smear is short for Papanicolaou, the doctor who discovered this procedure to detect early signs of cervical cancer.
kObbE TIL of Kenneth Parks. In 1987 he drove 20 kms from his house to his In Laws' in Scarborough Toronto. He stabbed both of them killing his mother & badly injuring his father in law. He was acquitted of the murder charges because he was a Sleepwalker.
Axlw TIL in 2004, a Mario game had a transgender playable character with a subplot about being accepted by her family. This was censored in the American version.
oRM1E TIL that on the planet Mercury there is a crater named after George Balanchine because it looks like one of his tutus.
ZAYD TIL Nintendo had its own cereal brand, created in 1988. It promoted both Super Mario Bros. & The Legend of Zelda. The box was divided in two so one could enjoy super mushrooms & goomba’s from the Mario side, as well as heart containers & boomerangs from the Zelda side.