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TIL: David Copperfield's magic secrets are on the moon

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mxwgP TIL 62 million light-years away, there is a galaxy in the universe named, “Eye of Sauron”
neveY TIL the Hitchcock film North By Northwest (1959) is regarded by some to be "the first James Bond film", due to its similarities with splashily colorful settings, secret agents, a femme fatale, and an elegant, wisecracking leading man opposite a sinister yet strangely charming villain
jR6n TIL Awarding people money for doing well in IQ tests causes them to score better, $10 increased people’s score by 20 IQ points. IQ tests don’t just measure intelligence they also measure effort.
jglE TIL ‘The Starry Night’ depicts Vincent Van Gogh’s view from the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum.
rRgG0 TIL King Richard Lionheart had more than two thousand Muslim prisoners of war from the captured city of Acre beheaded in front of the Ayyubid armies of sultan Saladin on 20 August 1191.