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TIL that Anaxagoras, an ancient Greek philosopher, was exiled for claiming the moon was just a rock, not a deity.

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865L TIL in order to capture a genuine look of surprise on Hans Gruber’s face, Alan Rickman was dropped one second early at the end of Die Hard.
OyJY TIL there’s an entire series of health and safety posters based on The Simpsons.
yPOa TIL that Ingo Potrykus, the co-inventor of golden rice (a genetically engineered, vitamin-A-rich strain of rice that could save millions of lives in developing countries), has called for his product to be distributed for free to poor farmers.
4kmNR TIL Justin Theroux, who starred in the Leftovers (2014-2017), wrote both Tropic Thunder and Iron Man 2
VyAQ TIL Yoda, the world’s oldest mouse, was just over 4 years old, the equivalent of about 136 in human years, and lived in quiet seclusion with his cage mate, Princess Leia, in a pathogen-free rest home for geriatric mice.