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TIL Sir Arthur Conan Doyle considered using "Sherrinford Holmes" for his hero before settling on "Sherlock Holmes"

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R5lea TIL in this scene from the film version of In Cold Blood, the tears streaming down Robert Blake's face from the the reflection of the rain on the window was unplanned.
jAnR TIL paleontologists have found 55-million-year old fossil remains of parrots in Scandinavia
LMVv TIL Switzerland has a functioning system of direct democracy, and it’s the only one the world.
L7Zv TIL the Opportunity rover is still gathering scientific observations and reporting back to Earth after being on Mars for 12 years - nearly 50 times its designed lifespan
5YJ09 TIL that there is a fire in a Zoroastrian temple in Iran that has burned for more 1500 years straight