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TIL that there was a real James Bond. He was an ornithologist from Philadelphia who wrote the book, "Birds of the West Indies" (1936). Bond author Ian Fleming borrowed the name because he wanted the iconic spy to have an ordinary name and he was also a birdwatcher who loved Bond's book.

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rRn61 TIL that DNA companies to that analyze your DNA to find where your local origins are from, are just guesses at best. Identical twins who sent their probes in, didn’t get same results. Experts in this video state that those analysis are only a product for entertainment with low accuracy.
Wmo4 TIL In 2015 a Chinese woman who was missing for a decade & presumed dead was found living in an internet cafe after playing games for 10 years.
5YP9R TIL “The Princess Bride” director Rob Reiner had the screenplay writer change the last scene from the fairytale characters riding off happily ever after to the grandfather and grandson coming together through the experience of reading the story
78D7M TIL the song Turn the Page was inspired by the band going into a Midwest truck stop and having everyone look at the musicians with their long hair and not knowing whether they were a man or woman and laughing at them. They said it happened all the time
e0X04 TIL that in 2014, a Nigerian motorcyclist discovered what is now known as the Ibadan Forest of Horror - a site where 20 decomposing human remains and hundreds of human skulls were uncovered, in what is believed to have been ritualistic killings. 20 people were found alive.