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TIL Two headed dolphins are rare, but real.

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LQQoV TIL that Kim Il-Sung's parents were devote Christians. Father was part-time Protestant Missionary and Mother was presbyterian. Mother's name, Pan-Sok, is derived from Saint Peter. They married by arrangements of American missionary L. Nelson Bell, the father-in-law of Billy Graham.
mRWP TIL if you come across a stranded dolphin, do not help it back into the water. More often than not, they beach themselves purposely because they are sick/injured and are trying to avoid drowning.
b67p0 TIL archangels are not the highest rank of angel, in fact they are second-lowest. This misconception stems from John Milton's "Paradise Lost"
dBk8 TIL of Tetris Syndrome, which is when you play a game too long and you start to dream about it, and hallucinate about it on the edges of your vision.
epgLJ TIL Crispin Glover, who played George McFly in Back to the Future, was replaced with actor Jeffrey Weissman in the sequel. They used shots of Glover from Back to the Future to make it more convincing. Glover was unhappy at this and sued, which resulted in the adoption of stricter rules by the SAG.