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TIL in 2009 an ascot-wearing Jeopardy! contestant and "self-proclaimed gadabout" successfully hid a drawing of a dick in his podium signature

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OoVpY TIL a manx shearwater lived to at least 52. The average lifespan of sea birds is about 15-20 years.
BgQNK TIL indoor air pollutants can be 2 to 5 times higher than outdoor levels and in some cases these levels can exceed 100 times that of outdoor levels of the same pollutants.
eOJg TIL: The President of Belarus introduced a new law in 2014 that prohibits collective farm workers from leaving their jobs willingly. He later admitted that the law is very much like medieval serfdom.
DQnPr TIL Vincent van Gogh had a known habit of sucking on his brushes to swap colors. It is widely believed that the lead poisoning partly led to his severe mental decline, resulting in his famously cutting off his ear, and ultimately shooting himself in the chest.
1BPX TIL the first Sci-fi novel was written in 2nd Century AD, and featured a group of sailors whose ship is caught in a waterspout and sent to the moon.