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TIL that on the planet Mercury there is a crater named after George Balanchine because it looks like one of his tutus.

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jNVBQ TIL, Plankton's computer wife Karen was named after Karen Hillenburg. Steven Hillenburg's wife
yKvp TIL that the compellingly challenging difficulty curve of Space Invaders (many slow enemies which become faster the fewer are left) wasn’t a design choice, but a hardware limitation. Furthermore, some historians attribute the runaway success of the game entirely to this single error.
QOBa TIL the sandwich was supposedly invented by the Earl of Sandwich, who was so addicted to gambling that he refused to leave the table for meals, and demanded something he could eat with one hand. It caught on amongst other players, who ordered “the same as sandwich” - thus, “the sandwich”.
b68mj TIL of Vivienne Hole, the only member of the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) killed during WWII. ENSA provided entertainment to British armed forces personnel. Hole was killed when her driver accidentally drove into a minefield.
R5YBl TIL of John Wilkes, a MP who sought freedom of press and argued against fighting the American war of Independence, was outlawed after the Earl of Sandwich (for whom the food was named after) read an erotic poem Wilkes had written as revenge for when Wilkes played a prank in their hellfire club.