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TIL The outtakes reel of HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm once cleared a man of murder

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YVEP TIL pandemonium comes from John Milton’s poem Paradise Lost, and is a contraction of pan (all) and demonium (demons).
J7nm TIL A tortoise, Adwaita, lived to 255. To put it into perspective, he was born before the USA existed and his death was announced on CNN (1750-2006)
GYx5 TIL the inventor of the Brazen Bull, Perilaus of Athen’s, was tricked into being the first victim of his sadistic execution device; one of the most common methods of execution in Ancient Greece.
Oo4XR TIL the ManhattAnt is a unique species of ant found only in New York City. Biologists stumbled upon them in the Broadway medians at 63rd and 76th streets in 2010, and the biologists claim the ant species does not match any of the 13,000 known species. The ants subsist on a diet high in corn syrup.
GANg7 TIL the iconic photo of a 'traffic jam' on Mt. Everest was taken by Nirmal Purja during his successful attempt to climb all 14 mountains that are more 8000 metres above sea level within 6 months