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TIL 20% of teens in the UK think Winston Churchill is a fictional character

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WMgY TIL that it is estimated that we have a 2% chance of confirming extraterrestrial life within ten years.
rNRJw TIL Rhodesia used biologocal weapons against insurgents in the 1970s, experimenting on humans and using anthrax, cholera and ricin among others to poison food and clothes
jnDa TIL that the phrase “It’s Greek to me” has analogues in many languages. In Greek, the foreign language in the saying is Turkish or Chinese. In Turkish, it’s French or Arabic. In French and Arabic, it’s Chinese. In Chinese, it’s “ghost script,” “bird sounds,” or “chicken intestines.”
oBNK TIL Michael Bolton from Office Space is also the voice of Dr. Wernstrom and Scruffy the Janitor on Futurama (and several other characters)
Oba4 TIL The D-day landing scene in Saving Private Ryan was so violent the film should have received an NC-17 rating, however received an R rating due to the “masterpiece exception.”