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TIL a species of spider discovered in 2015 was named Godric Gryffindor, due to it's resemblance to the Sorting Hat in Harry Potter.

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EgdQ0 TIL postsecondary institutions ended fiscal year 2020 with over $691 Billion in endowment funds
EMvd TIL the line “Ideas are peaceful, history is violent” in Fury was ad-libbed by Brad Pitt.
kOn9g TIL The BBC were infamous for "wiping" tapes of their shows (fans of Doctor Who know this story very well). But it's even worse then you'd expect. It's estimated 60 to 70 percent of all BBC programming produced between the mid-1950s and mid-1970s was deleted.
858G TIL the record for surviving the longest without food or liquids is held by someone who was forgotten by three policemen in a holding cell for 18 days
xgKg TIL Elton John’s husband David Furnish was recently caught having a threesome in a paddling pool full in olive oil. This fact has been banned from being broadcast in England and Wales, and news outlets are, right now, being threatened to remove all traces of the story.