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TIL that Winston Churchill was the third great grandson of an American Major in the Revolutionary War.

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WW68 TIL “Walking Corpse Syndrome” is a mental condition in which sufferers believe they are missing internal organs, have no blood, or that they are dead outright. PET scans of a patient showed he exhibited brain activity similar to someone asleep or under anaesthesia
wJa8 TIL the reason Van Halen had the “No brown M&Ms” clause was to ensure the promoter had read every single word in the contract, for the band and crew’s safety.
l79nA TIL the first non-American actor to play Superman / Kal El was Lee Quigley. As the infant in the original 1978 movie he would later tragically die at the age of 14 after inhaling solvents
n8X9 TIL Michael Cera played the voice of “Brother Bear” in the children show “The Berenstain Bears.”
6YKm TIL that the Hubble Space Telescope is fully open for public use, regardless of nationality or academic background