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TIL that Leonardo da Vinci was one of the first men to dissect Human and Animal corpses to study Anatomy and Nervous System.

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KOjwG TIL that the brand name Häagen-Dazs doesn't actually mean anything—it was just made up by American founder Reuben Mattus to sound Danish, though when pronounced it means roughly "garden toilet" in the language.
LPer TIL when Charlie Chaplin was a teenager he went to a pub and asked for a glass of water, but got so spooked by the gentleman serving the drink that he fled. It was found several weeks later that the man was a serial killer who gave poisonous water to his new brides and watched them suffer to death.
Mee6A TIL that Mel Gibson is a benefactor of the Survivor Mitzvah Project which helps Holocaust survivors around the world around the world.
69d7Q TIL about the Hymenocera picta or harlequin shrimp, which feeds exclusively on starfish, including the venomous barbed crown-of-thorns starfish. These shrimp are able to flip a starfish onto its back to avoid its defenses and feed on its soft tissues.
e0gZJ TIL Before his death, author J M Barrie’s gave copyrights of his book to the Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital in 1929. The book was Peter Pan.