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TIL that Dune (by Frank Herbert) is actually a warning AGAINST the Hero's Journey: "The bottom line of the Dune trilogy is: beware of heroes. Much better rely on your own judgment, and your own mistakes."

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78P87 TIL that the longest wedding veil ever was longer than 63 football fields! It was worn by a woman named Maria Paraskeva from Cyprus in 2018 and measured 22,843 feet and 2.11 inches long. The veil required a team of 20 people to carry it and took more than a year to create.
Zpd0D TIL that Charles Darwin's grandfather invented the buy one get one free deal to sell more pottery
e0paD TIL Mice injected full of Tylenol are dropped by parachute onto tree tops on the island of Guam, to kill off an invasive species of snakes that lives there.
BgrMd TIL William Pitt the Younger was 13 when he was admitted to the University of Cambridge, 24 when he was appointed Prime Minister and was also fluent in Latin and Greek
98nQ TIL that scientists can make diamonds out of tequila