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TIL the style of constellation diagrams used in most modern astronomy guides was invented by Curious George author H. A. Ray

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wLXnM TIL Leif Erikson Day is an actual day, it is observed October 9th. It honors Leif Erikson the Norse explorer who led the first Europeans thought to have set foot in continental North America.
DQnxv TIL that MLK’s father changed their shared name from Michael to Martin Luther following a trip to Germany, where the Protestant leader was from
5dY8 TIL: J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, compared himself to Vishnu, the destroyer of worlds. (This is an erie video clip)
VMww0 TIL that many countries used "Immurement" as a form of punishment, where the victim was locked in a box and left to starve to death. The latest usage was in 1914, where a Mongolian woman left in a wooden crate died of dehydration.
lQK1 TIL Kenneth Pinyan died by a perforated colon caused by receving anal sex with a horse. A friend of Pinyan filmed it and a documentary was later made of his life and death