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TIL the song "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" from the 1964 movie Mary Poppins was written by the Sherman brothers. They were sued by songwriters who had written a prior song by the same name. The brothers won; however, it was discovered that the word was used earlier in 1931.

D1lEp TIL of the sea pangolin, a deep-sea snail that lives in hydrothermal vents 1.5 miles underwater with crushing pressures and temperatures up to 750 degrees Fahrenheit. To survive, it has an outer armoured shell made of iron sulfide - the only known extant animal to have this property.
GR8Q TIL a UK customs officer tried to get rid of his wife by waiting until she had gone abroad - and then entering her name into the “Do-Not-Fly List”. She was stranded abroad for 3 years.
MeNeB TIL about the "Dumbest Member of Congress" William L. Scott, US Senator from Virginia who being briefed by members of the military about missile silos in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, reportedly said "Wait a minute! I'm not interested in agriculture. I want the military stuff."
P8OZ TIL: The ocean garbage patches are in a region with almost no life, “an ocean desert” and we would be better off preventing more plastic from entering the ocean than trying to clean them.
6ELNX TIL that Eleanor Roosevelt and Amelia Earhart were very close friends. One time, they snuck out of the White House to go to a party together. After flying with Earhart, Roosevelt obtained a student’s permit to fly, though didn't pursue this further since Franklin didn't want his wife to be a pilot.