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TIL Sherlock Holmes was inspired by a real physician the author had worked for. The inspiration, Dr. Joseph Bell, had excellent observation skills & would draw broad conclusions based upon them.

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4XypX Til actor Ed Helms had open heart surgery at 14 years old
VMg7B TIL why the Apollo 11 moon landing footage is so grainy. There was a pristine version at NASA for years, but around 1980 due to a data tape shortage they reused the tape for something else.
oRnj7 TIL-K.I.T.T in Knight Rider was voiced by William Daniels, popularly known as the actor who played Mr. Feeny in Boy Meets World
XEW9E TIL that we are in an interstellar space bubble where the density of gas is a lot less that the interstellar medium in the rest of the galaxy.
BxQx TIL that if we sort known planets (including extrasolar) by standard primary habitability, Earth is only fifth