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TIL Inception was originally suppose to be a horror movie

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KO1kB TIL the naming system for unearthed dinosaur fossils didn't start until 1758, and that the first named bone was called "Scrotum humanum" -- because it was originally believed to be the ball sack of an ancient giant man
jNMYa TIL Sushi is the vinegared rice, not the raw fish (or other) that comes when you order it.
wo8O6 TIL The Statue of Unity is the world's tallest statue, with a height of 182 metres (597 feet)
rNN14 TIL Harald Hirschsprung (describer of Hirschsprung's disease) helped establish a children's hospital named after Queen Louisa of Denmark in 1879. She wanted the walls decorated with Bible verses, but Hirschsprung insisted on pictures of animals. After this, the Queen declined to enter the hospital
wodA6 TIL the revolutionaries behind the 1817 Pernambucan revolt in Brazil planned to bust out Napoleon from his exile on Saint Helena Island and bring him to South America