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TIL Scientists at a Radio Telescope spent over twenty years trying to figure out the source of some signal interference, turns out is was their staff room microwave

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neAOo TIL about Christina the Astonishing, a 12th century holy woman whose miracles included having her breasts flow with a clear oil which she used to feed herself and cure her wounds while in captivity.
8axVL TIL in the original BBC version of The Office, Ricky Gervais's character frequently used the phrase "as the actress said to the bishop" as an inappropriate joke. When the show was adapted for American audiences the phrase was translated to "that's what she says" for Steve Carell's Michael Scott
D1E7j TIL that Sister Josephine Rosenthal was the first ever recorded possessed nun, and the front portion of her face and skull were mummified!
D1K6g TIL Christine Cavanaugh, the voice of Dexter (of Dexter's Laboratory), Gosalyn (Darkwing Duck), Chuckie (Rugrats) and Babe (the pig) died in her home of "undisclosed causes" and was cremated at the age of 51.
kJB81 TIL We Perceive People that Annoy Us as Moving Slower than They Are