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TIL that the USS Bonhomme Richard is named after the Richard of Poor Richard's Almanack

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wP51 TIL Syndrome (The villain from The Incredibles) is named for Hero syndrome, where a person creates a dangerous situation in which they can be the hero
Dxyp TIL if John Belushi backed out of Animal House, Meat Loaf was cast to replace him
jxej TIL that the Tunicate (sea squirt), once finding a suitable rock, will attach itself for life. At this point, it eats its own brain, deciding that it no longer needs it.
neZJ9 TIL about the ‘Stoned Ape’ theory the idea that ingestion of psychedelic mushrooms was the "evolutionary catalyst" from which language, projective imagination, the arts, religion, philosophy, science, and all of human culture sprang.
oXyL TIL a study found that narrow nostrils evolved in people from cold climates their noses had to warm the air before it hit their lungs.