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TIL Don Quixote, considered one of the first modern novels, is also one of the first stories that uses meta-fiction, as the author plays pretend that his story comes from historical sources and had to search for lost documents and translations to complete it.

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Vx6k TIL “Liver-eating Johnson” was an American mountain man rumored to have killed, scalped, and/or eaten the livers of up to 300 Crow Indians after a group of Crow braves murdered his wife. He ate the liver because it had significance for Crow beliefs about the afterlife
QNZxp TIL in 2016 Ryan Reynolds surprised terminally-ill cancer patient & Deadpool Superfan Connor McGrath with the 1st screening of Deadpool in his hospital room. Ryan called him "the funniest, potty-mouthed Canadian mercenary I've ever met" and they became friends before Connor sadly passed weeks later
j6eaa TIL that according to a congressional report there are an estimated 2.4 million cases of unnecessary surgery sold and performed on the public every year. Lucian Leape, a former surgeon and professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, a renowned patient safety expert cautions
nWVnr TIL Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, will become the South Star in the year 66,270 AD. It’s slowing moving towards Earth’s geographic South Pole like how Polaris is the currently the North Star.
Mea1V TIL that Jonah Hill holds the title for "The Sweariest Actor in Hollywood", with 375 curse words on the big screen. Samuel L Jackson is actually in THIRD place.