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TIL Galileo Galilei was finally charged and convicted by the Church more likely for ridiculing the Pope than for his heliocentrism viewpoint

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wod0M TIL the phrase "Merry Christmas" become popular due to Charles Dickins "A Christmas Carol"
xVppo TIL that while tracking a moving object is trivial, moving your eyes on their own without jerkiness is almost impossible.
78oMx TIL Cellulite is characterized by dimpled contour alterations of the skin and is present in approximately 85% to 90% of postpubertal females.
Zp0JG TIL that in the original Addams Family TV Show, Gomez is the nephew of Uncle Fester. They were rewritten as brothers for the movies in the 1990s.
E1PL7 TIL in 1977 David Begelman, then head of Columbia Pictures, was caught embezzling $75,000 from the studio. To avoid a scandal he was quietly fired, and three years later became CEO of MGM. The actor who discovered his embezzlement was Blacklisted by the studio for reporting it to the police.