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TIL that environmentalist John Muir walked over 1000 miles from Indiana to Florida to see America, bringing with him only a comb, a towel, some soap, and 3 books.

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R6pl TIL Roger Taylor was so fond of his song “I’m in Love with My Car” that he urged Freddie Mercury to allow it to be the B-side to “Bohemian Rhapsody”, to the point where he locked himself in a cupboard until Mercury agreed. The song ended up generating equal royalties just because it was the B-side.
PYZpe TIL that when Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamen (King Tut) died in 1325 BCE, the first Imperial Chinese dynasty would not exist 1000 years, the Trojan War would not happen for 200 years, and Rome would not be founded for 600 years. However, the Great Pyramid of Giza was already over 1000 years old.
nwgY TIL The “Door Close” button on many elevators doesn’t actually close the doors any faster than normal.
BKbb TIL in 1863, the owner and editor of the New York Times held off a rioting mob from attacking the main office with a Gatling machine gun, which he manned himself.
xBXo TIL of a Danish short film made in 1992 called “Gayniggers from Outer Space.” It follows a group of intergalactic homosexual black men from the planet Anus.