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TIL that Christopher Robin from Winnie the Pooh was based on the author’s son by the same name who later grew to despise his father for having “climbed on [his] infant shoulders and filched [him] of [his] good name,” through the works.

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ADgXn TIL the first area-accurate world map was created in 1999 when Japanese architect Hajime Narukawa invented the Authagraph Projection, which divides a spherical surface into 96 triangles, transfers them to a tetrahedron while maintaining area proportions, and unfolds into a rectangle.
X0ZPr TIL One of the oldest board games in the world, The Royal Game of Ur, was first played in the 3rd millennium BC. During the height of its popularity, the game had spiritual significance and was thought to predict a player’s future or communicate messages from deities/supernatural beings.
oEj7 TIL jazz pianist Ryo Fukui taught himself piano when he was 22 and released his first album just 6 years later
N7VgN TIL Prince is the sole credit on his first album. He sang all the parts and played all the instruments, including acoustic and electric guitars, acoustic piano and Fender Rhodes piano, synth bass, various keyboard synths by Oberheim, Moog and Arp, orchestra bells, drums, percussion and bass guitar.
0ABN TIL: Sperm swim 5mm/minute, the equivalent of a whale swimming 15,000 mph.