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TIL in 2018 "The Passion: A Brickfilm" was Created as a Lego Adaptation of Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ"

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jN1yX TIL that in the original Pinocchio novel, Pinocchio spends several months as a donkey, performing in a circus until he breaks his leg, gets sold, and is drowned in the ocean for his leather. The puppet inside survives, trapped in the dead donkey form until a school of fish eats away the flesh.
1amQd TIL in 1921 a Danish geologist discovered a tiny island on the northern coast of Greenland and named it "Kaffeklubben Island" after an informal academic club held at the Copenhagen Mineralogical Museum. He didn't know that he had just named the northernmost point of land on Earth after a coffee club
nnnd TIL Sea otters have a skin pouch to store their favourite rocks
jDbM TIL Swaziland is one of the last countries in the world with an absolute monarchy
69Nw8 TIL that astronauts eat steak and eggs before a flight because it's filling and low on dietary fiber so they won't have to poop during the mission