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TIL the fourth wall is called that because it refers to an imaginary “fourth wall” separating audience members from the cast in a theatre

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N7ZBP TIL, Wisconsin uses briny water from cheese production to de-ice their roads in winter.
wZNP TIL, because the Russians did such a great job embalming Lenin, the Vietnamese flew Ho Chi Minh’s corpse to Russia once a year for a “refresh.”
R5nZj TIL that mountain lions kill animals much larger than they can eat in a sitting, because other predators (wolves, bears, etc) will inevitably steal their prey. These carcasses become complete ecosystems to several insects who travel from carcass to carcass.
wdy1 TIL Medieval Catholic doctrine held that cross-dressing should be evaluated based on context and that necessity would be a permissible reason for cross-dressing. (which made Joan d'Arc innocent)
4RXJ TIL Canadian astronomer and renowned eclipse chaser J. W. Campbell traveled the world for 50 years trying to see 12 different eclipses. He ran into overcast skies every time.