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TIL that Wombat Poop is cube-shaped.

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Wn6A TIL “eye of newt” in Macbeth is actually just an archaic term for mustard seed
RkR6 TIL Ben Sliney gave the SCATANA order on 9/11 that grounded all 4,200~ planes in US airspace. It was his first day on the job, and the first time in history the order had been used.
5wG9 TIL Spongebob Squarepants is 28 years old.
7l7x TIL although the stabbing death of indie rock icon Elliott Smith is widely believed to be a suicide his autopsy report lists his mode of death as “undetermined.” Hesitation wounds were absent, possible defensive wounds were found on his hands, and his name was misspelled on his suicide note.
49ob TIL that after losing his wife and two children due to a mid-air collision, Vitaly Kaloyev murdered the Air Traffic Controller responsible in front of the Air Traffic Controller’s kids and wife, spent 3 years in prison and returned back to Russia as a hero