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TIL Eric Idle, of Monty Python, wrote a science fiction novel about a robot trying to understand human comedy.

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4XN7J TIL the National Trust implores us to stop urinating in a toilet, in order to save the water used in flushing, and instead wee onto compost heaps, which speeds up the chemical process of decomposition, making it a better fertiliser to grow vegetables and save even more energy in reducing food miles.
yVPxa TIL the oldest wooden church in the world is Greensted Church. Located in Essex England, it is also Englands oldest wooden building. The structure has stood for 1200 years, although of course work has been carried out multiple times over the centuries leaving little of its original construction.
xV850 TIL that after Part 1 of "Who Shot Mr. Burns" aired, someone on Usenet correctly guessed the identity of Mr. Burns' killer the same night. However, the producers were unable to contact this person after Part 2 aired, because the person used a college email address that was defunct by that time.
NOZb TIL that according to certain psychological models, there are four stages to learning a skill: unconscious incompetence, conscious incompetence, conscious competence, and unconscious competence.
grm7L TIL Actress Tippi Hedren and daughter Melanie Griffith used to live with a 400 pound pet lion