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TIL Luke Perry's character on Beverly Hills 90210, Dylan McKay, was named after Matt Dillon. The character is similar to Matt Dillon's portrayal of Dallas Winston in "The Outsiders" (1983)

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kJ0mW TIL: From 1928 to 1948, the 1903 Wright Flyer was displayed at the Science Museum London. As the Smithsonian refused to credit the Wright brothers with the first flight. Instead, crediting Smithsonian Secretary Samuel Langley. During WW2, it was moved away from London to protect it from bombing.
LkZr9 TIL that during siege of Aztec capital Tenochtitlan Conquistadors were joined by more than 100 000 native allies who all feared and hated Aztecs
k555 TIL people use a banana for scale… when measuring radiation.
VBp6G TIL a woman named Sara Jane Moore tried to kill U.S. president Gerald Ford. She was in prison for 32 years. When asked about her crime in an interview, Moore stated, "I am very glad I did not succeed. I know now that I was wrong to try."
EPEw TIL that self-mummification (a process called Sokushunbutsu) was practiced by Japanese Shugendō monks as the ultimate act of self denial. This ritual lasted around nine years, six of which the monk would be alive for.