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TIL that upside down crosses are not the Satan cross but are the St. Peters cross, and the leviathan cross is in fact the true Satan cross.

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rR1ro TIL the Smash Mouth hit song "Walkin' on the Sun" is about the 1992 LA riots.
7Ggr TIL that Christopher Columbus, on the way to the New World, was stranded in Jamaica in 1503 A.D. Knowing that he was wearing out his welcome with the natives and that a lunar eclipse was near, Columbus warned the natives that moon would vanish if they did not continue to feed him and his sailors.
p8wKZ TIL Only about 5% of the world’s seafloor has been mapped in some detail. Since the ocean occupies roughly 70% of the Earth’s surface, this leaves approximately 65% of the Earth (excluding dry land) unexplored.
kJnAB TIL the Frisbee was invented by Walter Morrison in 1948, inspired by the way popcorn lids would fly in the air.
wLRWJ TIL that stunt double Brett Beattie spent so much time playing Gimli in Lord of the Rings that he nearly earned a co-credit, and that he, not John Rhys-Davies got the elvish "nine" tattoo with the rest of the cast.