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TIL the word “lunatic” originally referred to someone who would become periodically insane with the changes of the moon - it literally means “moon-sick”

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69KXm TIL that the vehicle from the 1977 post-apocalyptic box office flop "Damnation Alley" was repurposed as the "Paperboy 2000" in comedian Chris Elliot's 1990s sitcom "Get a Life"
VWkQ TIL there is a video game where you program the movements of a marching band. Micro Marching League.
6kww TIL the head of the American Association of Feed Control Officials admitted that meat meal, used to make pet food, may contain the remains of euthanized shelter animals.
BrXAe TIL a small lake in Africa killed 1,700 villagers and 3,500 livestock overnight when it suddenly released 300,000 tons of carbon dioxide, suffocating everything within 16 miles. Scientists still don't know what triggered the event.
Oy8e TIL, the screenwriter for the movie “Cast Away” stranded himself on an island for research, and when a volleyball washed up on shore, it became the inspiration for “Wilson.”