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TIL that there is a belief among creationist Christians that Charles Darwin on his deathbed recanted his studies on evolution to the evangelist “Lady Hope”. This of course, never happened and the two never actually ever met.

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AZM7 TIL in 2011 North Korea employed “An army of online gaming hackers” to farm WOW gold in South Korea. The money gained from selling the WOW gold went directly towards North Korea’s nuclear program.
W7dro TIL that Morgana Le Fay, who is most commonly known as a dark sorceress and the archnemesis of Merlin, was instead depicted in the earliest Arthurian lore as a kind and benevolent witch
x69Qw TIL that "Wolfman Jack" from the 1973 film “American Graffiti” was a real disc-jockey named Robert Smith who was active for over three decades. The film’s extreme financial success provided him with regular income for life until his death at 57 in 1995.
8eakZ TIL Washington Irving, author of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, had a huge impact on American culture. He popularized the name "Gotham" for New York City & is responsible for our perception of Santa Claus as he wrote, in 1812, about Saint Nicholas flying over treetops in a flying wagon.
xVAR1 TIL that in Japan the song Every Breath You Take is called 見つめていたい (mitsumete-itai), meaning "I am staring at you"