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TIL The Powerpuff Girls broke records for the most Beatles references in one episode.

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neLX9 Today I learned about Joyce Carol Vincent - a young woman who died and lay undiscovered in her flat for 3 years surrounded by undelivered christmas presents she had purchased for friends and family.
xVnYw TIL Girl Guides were used for espionage in the first world war. Boy Scouts were also used at the start, but they were too talkative and boisterous.
6VnY TIL that the word “Dord” was a ghost word for five years. It was printed in the “Webster’s New International Dictionary” in 1934 and supposed to read “D or d” for density. It wasn’t until 1939 that the mistake was discovered.
8exOb TIL Saint Nicolas (the real Santa) is technically Asian as he was born in Antalya, Turkey
L8Wm TIL that the ancient Greeks believed in the existence of the Cyclops because they found a mammoth skull fossil