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TIL of Arthur Storer, who had a comet named after him until Edmund Halley predicted the comet’s return.

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b96a4 TIL When Tim Schafer, co-designer of Secret of Monkey Island was being interviewed for LucasArts, he said he was a big fan of LucasArts' game "Ballblaster". The interviewer told him the game was named "Ballblazer" and only the pirated copies were named "Ballblaster"
R5M6a TIL about hysterical strength, a display of extreme physical strength by humans, beyond what is believed to be normal. Examples include a woman saved several children by fighting a polar bear and a woman lifting a car high enough to save a person.
jNxep TIL that in order to dissuade Germans from invading, Julius Caesar built a bridge into their territory, marched his armies across, returned, then destroyed the bridge. The Germans got the message and never invaded.
jgaM TIL that only 1% of Jordanians surveyed in 2003 had a favorable opinion of the United States, compared to 14% in 2015.
VQbm TIL that about 90% of the world’s LSD supply vanished overnight when the chemist who was making virtually all of the world’s LSD, got caught. he was making it In a nuclear missile silo.