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TIL Seth MacFarlane donated over 800 boxes of material documenting Carl Sagan’s life and work to the US Library of Congress

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mxGnP TIL Hitler wouldn't allow the use of toxic gas in combat during WWII. He had himself being gassed while serving in WWI, afterward he said he couldn't stand the smell of people cooking meat cause it reminded him of being gassed.
OoAAa TIL that one foot of the London Eye is on land owned by the South Bank Centre, who served the wheel's owners with a rent increase of more than 1500%, adding £1m to the bill.
WkXvX TIL that in 1729, Jonathan Swift published a satirical essay in which suggested that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling their children as food to rich gentlemen. This satirical hyperbole mocked heartless attitudes of the British towards the poor and Irish in general
epVE5 TIL the poem "30 days hath September" dates back to at least the 1400s. It's technically older than the Gregorian calendar we use today.
0wg1v TIL when the husband of Cassandra Harris (Lisl in For Your Eyes Only) visited the set one day, producer Cubby Broccoli took such a liking to him that he thought he would be a perfect choice to play James Bond. That man was Pierce Brosnan, who made his Bond debut over a decade later.