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TIL Gumby once played Eddie Murphy as a shout out to SNL..

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QNyMa TIL that in the world's first novel, the 11th-century Japanese "Tale of Genji", none of the characters are given explicit names. It was considered rude to call people by name, so the characters are referred to using (for example) their jobs or clothing color, which change throughout the story.
rmy4 TIL of the youngest execution by the US government. George Stinney was executed at 14 years old for murder. The electric chair cap didn’t fit his small head and he had to use a bible as a booster seat.
gMveW TIL the Apollo astronauts left behind 96 bags of urine, feces and vomit on the moon. The bags were left behind to make room for lunar dust and rocks the astronauts brought home to Earth.
W7e5L TIL that a piece of a transplanted liver can grow into a full-sized, fully functional liver in the recipient in about six weeks. At the same time, the donor's liver regenerates to replace the missing section.
dDegr TIL in 1926, President Calvin Coolidge's family was gifted a raccoon for Thanksgiving. They raised it as a pet in the White House, complete with a collar inscribed "White House Raccoon." After their tenure, the raccoon was moved to live in a zoo.