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TIL in 2016 when the UK voted on Boaty McBoatface as the name for a research vessel, almost 7000 people voted for a different name: “RRS I Like Big Boats & I Cannot Lie”.

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XJbj TIL that Tupac was cremated and his ashes were mixed with marijuana and smoked by members of the Outlawz
OGod4 TIL that the current Australian Government under "Scott Morrison" has the longest list of corruption allegations in Australian History
rRMNo TIL formations called "the Devil's Corkscrew" were first found around Harrison, Nebraska, in 1891, and were once thought to be extinct forms of sea sponges, but it turns out they are actually fossilized dens of an extinct type of beaver called Palaeocastor.
MepaB TIL people can genuinely lie without knowing it due to ‘Confabulation’: the production or creation of false memories without the intent to deceive, sometimes called "honest lying."
lJl5 TIL there was once a human mannequin so convincingly still that he was stabbed by someone in an attempt to prove he was actually a dummy.