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TIL that before the dawn on artificial light we used to sleep twice each night

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7rDyx TIL that the original name for Mike Teavee in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was “Herpes Trout”
JY7Nk TIL "There once was a man from Nantuckit" originally wasn't vulgar at all. First published in 1902, it goes "There once was a man from Nantucket. Who kept all his cash in a bucket. But his daughter, named Nan, Ran away with a man. And as for the bucket, Nantucket."
9wZor TIL that the 90's teen rom-com "10 Things I Hate About You" is based on Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew."
neGAB TIL theres a place in Thailand called Fak Tha District
5VeOp TIL that the [former] most remote tree in the world (the only structure in 250 miles), was hit and killed by a drunk driver in 1973. Now, the world's [newest] loneliest tree lives on Campbell Island, NZ, where it has lived in isolation for over 100 years.