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TIL the fourth person on the moon was Mr Bean, and he managed to destroy the TV camera by pointing it directly at the sun

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JGpQ TIL that while the real “Santa Claus” may have been from Turkey, Father Christmas is actually a version of Odin, and the eight reindeer pulling the sleigh represent the eight legs of Sleipnir, Odin’s horse.
dDRNB TIL There Is An Island In the Mediterranean Sea Which Has Risen and Fallen Beneath The Sea Over 4 Times - It Is Currently Submerged Under The Sea
nbVd TIL another term for an intrusive thought is “The Imp of the Perverse”, a metaphor (popularized / coined by Edgar Allan Poe) for the urge to do exactly the wrong thing in a given situation for the sole reason that it is possible for wrong to be done.
YppwB TIL when presented with nutrients arranged in the pattern of Japanese cities around Tokyo, brainless, single-celled slime molds construct networks of nutrient-channeling tubes that are strikingly similar to the layout of the Japanese rail system
mxY5o TIL Tom Wilson (Biff from Back to the Future) received the same questions about the movies so frequently, he made a song about them