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TIL Tolkien wanted to create what we would nowadays call a transmedia multiverse. "I would draw some of the great tales in fullness, and leave many only placed in the scheme. The cycles should be linked and yet leave scope for other minds and hands, wielding paint and music and drama. Absurd."

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YpKPv TIL that blobfish are actually normal looking fish, but they decompress when you take them out of water
nepW9 TIL about the Kentucky Meat Shower. On March 3rd, 1876 unidentifiable flakes of meat fell from the sky over Bath County, Kentucky. The cause is still unknown.
oBAE8 TIL the name titmouse comes from the Scandinavian “tit” (small) and the Old English “mase” (bird), literally “small bird”
O514 TIL your bottle of Heinz Tomato Ketchup specifically mentions tomato in the name because when it was introduced, ketchups of other varieties other than tomato were common.
xVklk TIL of the Shirky Principle: "Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution."