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TIL that the trail of Lewis and Clark can be partially tracked through the mercury left from their excrement

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K1A6 TIL that the First Gulf War (in 1991) technically never ended — there was just a cease-fire. The UK used this legal loophole to justify entering the Second Gulf War (in 2003).
16ROW TIL That 4 months before the Rwandan genocide happened General Roméo Dallaire, commander of the United Nations peacekeeping forces warned the UN that a genocide could happen but they ignored him
9Y7mr TIL Around 4% of people do not take surveys seriously and provide silly answers. Around 7% of Americans were 'not sure' if lizardmen were running Earth. Around 13% of Americans claimed a former president was anti-Christ. The Lizardman constant (around 4%) explains some of strange results in surveys.
dQAE TIL Supernatural fans used the hash tag #LuciferIsComing for the 5th season premiere when Lucifer is released, but unaware Twitter users responded with numerous #GodIsHere hash tags, leading both topics to be blocked from Twitter.
54dP TIL It’s rumored that Mathew Perry made a bet with Bruce Willis that if The Whole Nine Yards (a movie in which both co-starred) opened at No 1 at the box office, Willis would have do a guest-appearance in Friends for free. Willis lost, and guest-starred in Friends.