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TIL that witchcraft still exists in 2020

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gMgaL TIL that François-Marie Arouet derived his pen name 'Voltaire' from a Latin anagram of "The Young Arouet."
VRaG TIL in 1991 there was an oil spill in the Persian Gulf, more than 10x more oil than the Exxon Valdez that was never cleaned up.
LQb6V TIL that after Claude Monet had cataract surgery, he could see ultraviolet light which made everything look more bluish and vibrant in his paintings
9wZvm TIL that the British children's TV show 'Blue Peter' has many dogs, cats, and other animals that appear; viewers often name the pets. When George, a tortoise, was thought dead in 1988, a special tribute episode appeared, but he was merely missing and was found alive. George lived another 16 years.
4X6aw That’s because it’s real. What you’re looking at is the General Electric Propulsion Test Platform, a specially modified Boeing 747-400 used to try out new jet engines. In this case, it’s testing out the huge new GE9X meant to power the next generation of Boeing 777.