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TIL the Great Pyramid of Giza has 8 sides, not 4.

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wLKYY Werner de Gier, a biology student at Leiden University, and shrimp expert Charles Fransen were faced with the prospect of naming a newly discovered shrimp with hairy legs. They did what any self-respecting scientists would do and named it after Bilbo Baggins, the hairy-footed hobbit from The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings series.
0geN TIL The moving scene from Fresh Prince of Bel Air where Will’s dad leaves him was improvised by Will. The hug James Avery (Uncle Phil) gives will at the end is a genuine response.
LQxKm TIL that Mychal Thompson suggested drafting Michael Jordan over Bowie in 1984 NBA draft so that MJ and Drexler could team up in Trail Blazers. Mychal told the organization that if you pick Jordan, and he and Clyde play together, they're going to dominate this league for the next 10 or 15 years.
jLYn TIL if conditions aren’t right tadpoles remain tadpoles until conditions improve even living through winters in their ponds
PY4rV TIL that there was an English Shepherd in the 1700s that not only learned basic mathematics, but became highly sought after as a tutor, often spending two or three months at a time in the houses of his "pupils"