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TIL that E.T. is from the Star Wars Universe

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X0EvX TIL about Robert Wardhaugh who has been running a D&D campaign every week for the past 40 years
NQDe TIL Hotmail was named after HTML and its original logo was ‘HoTMaiL’
500Q TIL that it was Freddie Mercury’s dying wish for “Bohemian Rhapsody” to be reissued in order to raise money for AIDS charities. When the song was rereleased in late 1991, it topped the charts, staying at #1 for five weeks for the first time since its debut in 1975.
kOW4m TIL the tail of a comet can reach 1 million km long
nWvLB TIL that The corpse flower, also known as Amorphophallus titanum, emits a odor similar to decomposing flesh to attract its native pollinators, carrion beetles and flesh flies when in bloom. It only blooms once every seven to ten years, and its bloom lasts only 24 to 36 hours.