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TIL the Fibonacci Sequence was described by an Indian mathematician ~1200 years before Fibonacci wrote of it

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5YDjD TIL renowned director Martin Scorsese directed the music video/short film for Michael Jackson's song Bad. The writer of the film was amused that MJ chose a Jew and an Italian to "show the brothers he was down with them"
ep41J TIL comedian Mel Brooks "secretly" produced several dramatic films including The Elephant Man (1980) and The Fly (1986), and deliberately kept his name out of the credits to avoid mischaracterizing the films as comedies
e086b TIL that in the 1938 World Cup, Brazil were so sure of winning the semi-final against Italy that they requisitioned the only plane to Paris on the day after the match. After losing to Italy, they refused to sell them the tickets, and the Italian team had to travel from Marseilles to Paris by train
rRYAd TIL the British Army in WWI had widespread casualties from trench foot, caused by cold wet feet. They solved it by pairing soldiers and making them responsible for the care of the other's feet, inspecting each other and applying whale oil.
5YRXn TIL that Tiger Moths can beat their wings in a way that noise cancels a hunting bat's echolocation attempts to find it.