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TIL After John Cleese spoke negatively about the town of Palmerston North in New Zealand, recommending it as a good place to commit suicide, the town renamed a compost heap “Mt. Cleese.”

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P1PbE TIL that at the opening ceremonies to the 1936 Summer Olympics, the event organizers made the mistake of shooting off a cannon after they had released hundreds of pigeons. While the cannon shot blanks, the sound of the shot scared the birds so much that they defecated on the athletes below.
E11Aw TIL that a viking-age human turd is being displayed at a museum in England
dZMB TIL that Buzz Aldrin claimed travel expenses for his journey with Apollo 11. They paid $ 33.31
kJGOd TIL that over 90% of all currency (euros) in circulation in Spain have trace amounts of cocaine
0wVgL TIL that Isaac Newton was born on Christmas day, 1642 according to the Julian calendar. But when the British changed to the Gregorian calendar his birthday retroactively changed to January 4, 1643.