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TIL that standardized time wasn’t used until trains were invented.

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b9LWa TIL a Chinese restaurant owner admitted to serving opium-laced noodles to hook customers into coming back for more.
94Er TIL that in the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
BgpOr TIL the “kill the mothers” dialogue between Gene Hackman and Nathan Lane, in The Birdcage, was copied from a real conversation writer Elaine May had with another guest, at a dinner party. May’s words from the real dinner are Nathan Lanes’ lines, in the scene.
5Y1Xk TIL that before Miguel de Cervantes wrote part one of Don Quixote at the age of 58, he lived in exile in Italy, fought in the battle of Lepanto where he lost the use of his left hand, was captured and ransomed by pirates, excommunicated by the church and was imprisoned for accounting irregularities.
96mX TIL Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner eat dinner every night at Carl’s house off of TV stands while watching movies together