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TIL Richard Gere's middle name is Tiffany.

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wNoP TIL of Harald Hadrada, a Viking who fled from his native Norway to Russia, then went on to become an elite guardsman in Eastern Roman Empire and fought in Iraq. He then went back to Russia to marry a princess, and arrived back in Norway as a king, and finally invaded England with his army.
kO9Dg TIL that snails can be dextral (clockwise-coiled) and sinistral (counterclockwise-coiled).
R7kk9 TIL A 3M tape plant accidentally created a force field of static electricity that was strong enough to prevent humans from passing through. A person near this "wall" was unable to turn, and so had to walk backwards to retreat from it.
joKv TIL that Carl Sagan and the 14th Dalai Lama had a 35 hour communication captured on film.
pnEZ TIL that E.T. is from the Star Wars Universe