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TIL that John Lennon wrote I am the Walrus just to mess with people trying to find meaning in his songs

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9YYxB TIL that the 'Utah Teapot' was an early 3D model of a teapot used for modeling experiments because of it's round shape, saddle points, and being able to project it's shadow onto itself. It currently resides in the Boston Computer Museum.
DQxRJ TIL one of the earliest cetaceans was land-dwelling and had four long legs.
DagD TIL Every one of the 2,000 people who attended Gengis Khan’s funeral was reportedly massacred by 800 soldiers, who in turn were killed to ensure his grave was never found.
Qmx6 TIL that scientists have discovered colonies of worms living in mounds of methane ice at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico.
xVJ4B TIL about Wittgenstein's poker: During an argument, Ludwig Wittgenstein, brandishing a poker, challenged Karl Popper to name a single example of a moral rule, to which Popper replied 'not to threaten visiting lecturers with pokers'.