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TIL fungi (i.e mushrooms, yeast, mould) are more closely related to us humans than to plants

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78Z87 TIL R2D2 is known as "Little Arthur", or "Arturito" due to the similarities in pronunciation. Some Spanish released subtitled films even have him captioned as Arturito.
JKD8 TIL that “antisocial” is commonly used as the term to describe the enjoyment to harm, show disregard to, or be hostile towards organized society. “Asocial” is the correct term for simply not enjoying being with people and/or interacting with them.
BogW TIL during WWII Canada gave out buttons to people who tried to enlist but were refused due to medical conditions to show their willingness to fight with the military forces of Canada
eVE6 TIL there was a man named Joseph Bolitho Johns who escaped Australian prison so many times, they built a special cell just for him. He escaped that as well.
dD9BE TIL that when cemetery workers were exhuming John Belushi's grave, the bottom of the casket gave out due to water damage, causing his corpse to fall back into the grave.