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1JLW TIL that the guy who created Spongebob is a marine biologist.
RMD4 TIL 70% Britain’s land today is still owned by an 0.6% aristocratic elite, and they are mostly the same families who owned it in the 19th century.
kJ7ng TIL that the now common white variant of the edible mushroom Agaricus bisporus is only about a century old and was serendipitously discovered in a Pennsylvania farm.
l7JKV TIL that George H.W. Bush thought about naming Clint Eastwood as his running mate.
0PKj TIL there was an attempted coup d'état in Japan the night before they surrendered to allies during WWII, in an attempt to stop the surrender and continue fighting.