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TIL of the 'McTaggart Paradox': a logical argument that our perception of time is an illusion- because it fundamentally contradicts itself- but also necessary to view events as moving together from past to future.

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j68Ga TIL Winston Churchill’s favorite wine was Pol Roger champagne, which he has been estimated to have drank 42,000 bottles in his lifetime. When he died in 1965 Pol Roger ordered black-bordered labels to be placed on all their bottles in his honor.
WwYA TIL that many animals commonly thought as herbivores will occasionally eat meat.
1aydO TIL that, despite scathing reviews, every successive film in the Resident Evil franchise has made more money globally than the previous film (with the exception of Resident Evil: Retribution). The series has made more than $1 billion total and 4 out of 6 of the films opened at #1 in North America.
6ELlX TIL of the USS Barb (SS-220), a submarine which sank 17 ships during WWII, Including the Japanese aircraft carrpier Un'yō
e04Gg TIL Pakistan plans to build an amusement park on the land formerly occupied by Osama bin Laden's compound