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TIL when Rodney Dangerfield was asked how long he’d be hospitalized for brain surgery, he responded, “If all goes well, about a week. If not, about an hour and a half.”

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aAMb TIL that the scientist Linnaeus proposed a flower clock based on the characteristic times of petal openings and closings for various species of flowers. If such a garden was built, it would be possible to tell the time of day just by looking out in the garden!
bWk7 TIL that the home of a female pediatrician in Wales was attacked and vandalised by Welsh kids who mistook “paedriatician” for “paedophile”
kJWn5 TIL about Frazer Lockhart and the Rocky Flats Cleanup Team. Rocky Flats was a nuclear weapons production facility with enough radioactive waste to fill 90 miles of rail cars. Frazer Lockhart, a DoE employee cleaned it up $30 billion under budget and 60 years ahead of schedule.
xV6Ww TIL Matthew McConaughey's brother, Rooster McConaughey, named his son Miller Lyte and got free beer for a year
VPZQ TIL in 1986 a Russian Aeroflot pilot made a bet with the copilot that he could land successfully with the windows covered up. The plane crashed, killing 70 of the 94 on board.