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TIL That Gutzon Borglum, the man responsible for creating Mt. Rushmore, one of America’s most recognizable monuments, was a leader in the Ku Klux Klan

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jN40a TIL of a gene named 'mothers against decapentaplegic', parodying 'Mothers Against X'-type organizations
x900 TIL that Stalin tried to kill Yugoslavian leader Tito 22 times. Tito then wrote a letter in reply saying: “Stop sending people to kill me. If you don’t stop sending killers, I’ll send one to Moscow, and I won’t have to send a second.”
pYxdN TIL that the Super Mario Bros. team initially found it illogical that Mario was hurt by stomping on turtles, leading them to design future games where Mario could safely jump on them. Also, Bowser was originally envisioned as an ox, but was redesigned as a turtle after Osamu Tezuka's suggestion.
0dp4L TIL that 72 people lost their lives in plane crash in Nepal, because instead of deploying the flaps for landing, the co-pilot pulled to lever to cut fuel supply to the engine.
YypP TIL Every second of every day, the sun converts 700 million tons of hydrogen into 695 million tons of helium. The other 5 million tons becomes energy. Every second.