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TIL that Art Spiegelman, the author of Maus was the creator of Garbage Pail Kids

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xW9g TIL that not only does regularly donating blood help others, but it has shown to reduce the risk of heart attacks by 88%
xVZa0 TIL that there are more people buried in the Catacombs than the entire current population of Paris.
Ooor6 A hulking Arleigh Burke-class destroyer might typically burn a minimum of about 24 barrels (1,000 gallons) of fuel per hour, but this figure conceals so many factors and variables that the Navy doesn't really use it the way we use "miles per gallon."
76gr TIL that the city of Pompeii was covered in graffiti, including one case saying “Weep, you girls. My penis has given you up. Now it penetrates men’s behinds. Goodbye, wondrous femininity!”
OoyXY TIL Muammar Qaddafi had a crush on Condoleezza Rice. Sometimes referring to her as his ‘African princess’, he had a Libyan composer write a song called ‘Black Flower in the White House,’ and had a homemade scrapbook filled with photos of the former U.S. secretary of state.