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TIL the name Duke Nukem belonged to a Cpt. Planet villian first (see EcoVillians)

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xVJQb TIL in 1918 at a Boy Scout medal ceremony, Teddy Roosevelt attempted to make a joke at Theodor Geisel’s expense by exclaiming “What’s this boy doing here?” but it backfired, causing the future Doctor Seuss to develop a lifelong fear of crowds.
xLo1 TIL in 1981 a man with cerebral palsy appeared on a UK kids’ TV show to demonstrate how much a disabled person can achieve. Instead it sparked a nationwide trend of schoolchildren mocking his speech and calling each other “spastic” as an insult.
j6AKM TIL that in Singapore, people who opt-out of donating their organs are put on a lower priority to receive an organ transplant than those who did not opt-out.
jNp9N TIL that early Italian renaissance people, such as Leonardo da Vinci, have not seen or tried tomatoes in their lives.
KOO1E Your brain is likely reverse-engineering a reason