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TIL in 2008 when Joe Walsh (iconic member of The Eagles) married Marjorie Bach, he became the brother-in-law of The Beatles’ drummer, Ringo Starr.

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XEyl8 TIL that "Nimh" in the movie "Secret of Nimh" stands for "National Institute of Mental Health" and is based on a book about the institute that did horrific studies on rats
pnO4 TIL that in January 2012 a “superpack” of 400 wolves attacked the Siberian town of Verkhoyansk, leading to an official state of emergency.
GYYr1 TIL that "Roshambo" (aka rock-paper-scissors) has no association whatsoever with the Comte de Rochambeau, but came from a 17th century Chinese game translated into Japanese and Anglicized in the 1930's.
n1yP TIL Ecuador’s large monument to the Equator is not really on the equator. They marked the wrong spot 200 years ago and didn’t realize it until GPS was invented.
eoEE TIL of Tom Crean, an Irish Antartic explorer who along with Ernest Shackleton and two other men, sailed 1,500km in a life boat across Drake passage to save the lives of 22 men stranded on Elephant island. Known as one of the most extraordinary feats of seamanship and navigation in recorded history.