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TIL Eddie Van Halen has a registered patent with the most epic patent drawing ever made – scroll to 2nd page.

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yVYAJ TIL that bird migration wasn’t proved until 1822. Before then, theories to explain their seasonal disappearance included hibernation and transforming into mice.
wORJ TIL that when Sebastian Shaw, the face of Darth Vader, showed up on the set of Return of the Jedi, Ian McDiarmid (aka Emperor Palpatine), who was an old friend, asked him what he was doing there. His response: “I don’t know, dear boy, I think it’s something to do with science-fiction.”
j6bdj TIL the difference between the terms "Holland" and "the Netherlands". The official name of the northwestern European land of tulips is "Koninkrijk der Nederlanden," or Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was founded in 1579 as a union of various provinces. One of these provinces was named Holland.
yVYW8 TIL about fasciation, a rare genetic abnormality in plants where they appear to stretch like a glitch in the matrix
kJW9e TIL Joe Delaney, running back for the Kansas City Chiefs, died while trying to rescue three children from drowning in a pond.