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TIL the largest ancient turd ever found (20cm by 5cm) most likely came from a sick Viking.

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e0oGn TIL that during WWII Merchant Seafarers had a proportionately higher death rate than any of the armed forces
jNNvE TIL when Norman Lear finished shooting the 'All In The Family' pilot he didn't have enough money left in the budget to do a proper main title sequence. So he shot Carroll O'Conner and Jean Stapleton singing 'Those Were The Days' at the piano in front of a live audience.
VMYQm TIL that John F. Kennedy liked to say: “The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who in time of moral crisis preserve their neutrality.”
9YxnB TIL of the Friendship paradox, a phenomena that was first observed in 1991. On average, most people have fewer friends than their friends have. At the same time they believe they have more friends than their friends have
KO9B TIL that in 1987 some Brazilian thieves stole a radioactive medical device and opened it. Some people died, and hundreds were contaminated.