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TIL the Michelin Man has a name, and it's Bibendum

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xVaBk TIL the fog that covers San Fransisco has a name, Karl. It has Twitter and Instagram accounts, each with a couple hundred thousand followers.
5Q19 TIL that in Paradise Lost, Pandemonium is the capital of Hell and maintained an actual Parliament-type building. Mulciber, a fallen angel who was the architect of the palaces in Heaven designed it after he was cast out.
v1mJB TIL that Lake Erie has its own sea monster myth. Named "Bessie", the monster is similar in description to the Loch Ness monster. The minor league hockey team Cleveland Monsters are named after the myth, even though their mascot is a seagull.
VMorQ TIL there is a condition called Aphantasia, where a person is unable to conjure up visual images in their imagination. When they close their eyes and think of an object, there is no visual imagery of the object - instead they imagine concepts that would describe the object.
R5eLj TIL in 2009, Swiss special forces planned to rescue two hostages held by Gaddafi. Ideas included exfil by car, boat, or submarine. The mission was aborted for legal and diplomatic reasons.