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TIL the Python programming language was named after Monty Python, not the animal.

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D44J TIL A Saudi businessman offered US$10 million to buy the shoes thrown at President Bush in a press conference in 2008.
YplBA TIL that there is 'Inglewood Oil Field' in the middle of Los Angeles. It's 18th largest oil field in US and in production since 1924
7rpk7 TIL a Dutch student once 'faked' a gap year as part of a university project to show how social media is not reflective of real life. Using edited/staged pictures, she created an illusion on Facebook she was travelling around South East Asia for over a month. In reality, she never left her apartment.
awB9o TIL South Korean criminal law applies to South Korean citizens throughout the world. Since gambling is illegal in South Korea, citizens cannot even gamble overseas.
wLeW TIL that Lucy Vodden, the woman who inspired the classic Beatles song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” died of LUPUS at age 46.