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TIL Napoleon Bonaparte has a geometric theorem named for him

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WelY TIL on the set of the ‘The Six Million Dollar Man’ TV show, while the crew was moving a neon-orange mannequin prop, one of the mannequin’s arms broke off revealing it was a human body. The body was identified as Elmer McCurdy, a criminal who had robbed a train and died in a shoot-out with police.
KObQE TIL that the crazy colors and patterns you see when you rub your eyes are called "PHOSPHENES." Researchers believe that this "biophotonic light" actually comes from inside of our eyes in the same way that fireflies emit light.
NERN TIL Superman II was filmed simultaneously along with the original in 1977. Due to cost overruns and dysfunction on the set, filming on the sequel was halted only 75% completed, and the ending to Superman I changed. The filmmakers decided that if Superman I was a hit, they’d finish Superman II.
nWxn7 TIL about the "Phantom Time Hypothesis," which suggests that 297 years of European history were entirely fabricated, and that we may actually be living in the year 1726.
woyaE TIL that the first American Recreational Vehicle (RV) Club was founded in 1919 and known as The Tin Can Tourists.