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TIL that Roald Dahl wrote the screenplay for the James Bond film “You Only Live Twice”

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mx7aP TIL the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is part of the Department of Commerce because President Nixon's Secretary of the Interior publicly criticized the administration's Vietnam War policy. Nixon punished him by putting the new agency under a different department.
EgrDx TIL That in addition to "The Golden Rule" there's also "The Golden Mean" or golden middle way - The desirable middle between two extremes, one of excess and the other of deficiency.
grALy TIL about Ashrita Furman, who has set more than 600 official Guinness Records and currently holds over 200 records, thus holding the "Guinness world record for the most Guinness world records". He has been breaking records since 1979.
9Y4rQ TIL there is no universally agreed-upon list of "Ten Commandments." They're not numbered explicitly in the Bible, and their order even differs depending on the religious tradition
YpvXP TIL bees perform a math dance to communicate the direction and distance to flowers, pollen, etc.