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TIL that an episode of Adventure Time was nominated for an Emmy.

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8mba TIL: In WWII King George VI was at war with Nazi Germany as King of the UK, but as King of Ireland he was at peace with Germany and validated the credentials of German ambassadors. After WWII he was at war with himself as King of Pakistan and seperately King of India
MD6a TIL that bees don’t generally die when they sting. They die when they sting a human or other animal with similarly thick skin, but can sting other insects just fine.
E1KXp TIL the ‘Balloon Man’ had constipation since he was 2 and died with over 40lbs of feces in his colon. It’s 8ft long and currently preserved at the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia
eoKL TIL that popular animal renamings such as “danger noodle” and “trash panda” are actual formal literary devices known as “kennings” (which have existed since the days of the Norse Eddas)