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TIL that “Eye of Newt” is not an actual eye, but an archaic name for mustard seed!

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6Er07 TIL a man known only as "Django" drove his own boat out & freed a whale caught in a shark net off an Australian beach (without cutting the net). Before taking action, Django had waited hours for help from officials who had been called; when officials arrived, he faced a fine for acting alone.
177X TIL that there is a physiological justification for splashing cold water on your face to calm down: The Mammalian Diving Reflex
699AJ TIL: In 1990 Jennifer Aniston played a version of Jennifer Grey's Jeannie Bueller for a Ferris Bueller TV series that was so bad it was cancelled after the first season
Nly1 TIL there is a video called ‘11B-X-1371’. It is littered with hidden messages, threats and disturbing imagery.
VrdB TIL George Washington was so afraid of being buried alive that he asked his staff to wait two days after his death to be buried.