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TIL The quote “I reject your reality and substitute my own!” though it owes its current popularity to Adam Savage of Mythbusters, originally comes from a 1974 episode of Dr. Who

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NXLGN TIL The Battle of New Orleans, last battle in the War of 1812, was waged 15 days after the war officially ended.
D1BJD TIL that the scientific name for the western lowland gorilla is Gorilla gorilla gorilla. It is a subspecies of the western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla).
PYOan TIL That Disney was forced to abandon its policy of letting disabled people skip lines in its theme parks, after rampant abuse of the rule by people hiring disabled “tour guides” to skip waiting for rides. These guides sometimes charged up to hundreds of dollars per hour.
g0R8 TIL that, in 2013, a Kenyan lawyer filed a petition within the International Court of Justice, asking the ICJ to hold the State of Israel and Pontius Pilate, among others, responsible for Jesus’ “unlawful” trial and crucifixion
mxLQR TIL that a woman discovered from watching TV that her current house was once owned by a serial killer who used to torture women in the basement