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TIL: All of Doctor Manhattan’s abilities have a basis in reality, with Cherenkov radiation as an explanation to why Doctor Manhattan is blue.

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mbgv TIL that “Weird Al” Yankovic was able to hold the note at the end of the Spy Hard theme song without needing to loop it.
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6EY0J TIL that King Henry VII of England extracted £48,000 worth of "loving contributions" from his subjects in 1491, despite the practice having been outlawed seven years earlier
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