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TIL that C.S. Lewis, Aldous Huxley and John F. Kennedy all died on november 22, 1963.

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GoBN TIL that when medieval Islamic scholar al-Biruni was trying to determine the exact position of qibla (the Muslim direction for prayer), he realized that a vast span of Earth’s land was unaccounted for in the modern maps of the time. This turned out to be the American continent.
rR8o4 Today I learned Canadians have more donut shops than any other country and eat more donuts than any other country's citizens.
MePMb TIL Dan Aykroyd conceived of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man for his initial script for Ghostbusters the movie. He created the character to show that "it seems harmless and puffy and cute—but given the right circumstances, everything can be turned black and become evil.”
9xkM TIL in 2012, 146 newborn girls in the US were named Khaleesi.
AnJo TIL “Milky” Way comes from goddess Hera’s breast milk. When Hercales was born, Zeus wanted him to have godlike qualities so he let him suck Hera’s milk (his wife) when she was sleeping. When she woke, she pushed him off, and spilled milk all over the sky.