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TIL that John Cleese has called Eddie Izzard ‘the lost Python’

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grPGX TIL the Ancient Roman Legions, rather than promoting men with orders from senior officers, held elections from within a Contubernium (equivalent to a squad or platoon) to elect a "Decanus," (roughly a corporal or sergeant, in charge of 10 men).
GADJ7 TIL due to being a Scientologist, Kirstie Alley decided not to reprise her role as Rebecca Howe on the Cheers spinoff Frasier, because Frasier is a psychiatrist.
rN644 TIL passing high frequency sound waves through a liquid results in the formation of imploding microscopic bubbles that can be used to clean the inside of submerged objects in a process known as an ultrasonic bath
a8pZy TIL Highway hypnosis, also known as white line fever, is an altered mental state in which a person can drive a car, truck, or other automobile great distances, responding to external events in the expected, safe, and correct manner with no recollection of having consciously done so.
P1PYe TIL that Tsar Nicholas II and King Geroge V both had dragon tattoos and both of them got said tattoos while being in Japan.