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TIL John Coltrane is recognised as a saint in the African Orthodox Church

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4bJ6 TIL Ian Fleming, writer of James Bond, last words were “I am sorry to trouble you chaps. I don’t know how you get along so fast with the traffic on the roads these days.” uttered to the Ambulance drivers
OWW7 TIL that M&M’s were originally asked to be included in E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial. After Mars (The company that makes M&M’s) refused, their competitor Hershey was asked, and Reese’s Pieces were added to the movie instead, resulting in Reese’s Pieces sales going up as much as 300%
8eYEV TIL during the 2010 eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull (which resulted in the several day closure of European airspace) one of the only European airports to remain open was Iceland's Keflavík International Airport.
g7QW TIL: Katrin Himmler, grandniece of SS Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler, has NOT refused to have children to end her great-uncle’s bloodline. She believes the idea of good or evil being passed through bloodlines is itself a reflection of Nazi ideology.
0dQNM TIL Inhabitants of high-radiation areas in Iran exhibit fewer radiation-induced chromosomal abnormalities than those in normal-radiation areas, suggesting a potential adaptive response to chronic natural radiation exposure, despite receiving significantly higher annual doses