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TIL Danny Dyer has a daughter named Dani Dyer

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L779 TIL of Manichaeism. It spanned from the Roman Empire to China. Founded by Mani, who claimed to be a successor of Buddha, Zoroaster, and Jesus. St. Augustine was a Manichee before he apostatised. Today none of its texts has survived and it is now extinct due to a worldwide holocaust of its adherents.
QJJ09 TIL people are finding razor blades hidden inside their walls because it was once common to throw used shaving blades thorough a slot at the back of medicine cabinets
6EjOZ TIL the difference between ROBBERY and BURGLARY. Robbery is when one uses (the threat of) force to steal from a person. Burglary is unlawful entry to a place for theft.
rNy5M TIL about the Fermi Paradox which tries to reconcile math that shows a universe full of earth-like planets but we’ve yet to meet an Alien 👽
4kBnX TIL in 2006, some parents were upset with a sound book for children called "Potty Time With Elmo". Instead of hearing "Uh oh! Who has to go?", the parents were hearing "Uh oh! Who wants to die?". The publisher said that a cheap computer chip that was used in the book was to blame for the problem.