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TIL: There are depictions of Medieval Knights fighting Snails in ancient manuscripts…and nobody knows why

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8eERG TIL the oldest extant lighthouse in the world, the Tower of Hercules (formerly known as Farum Brigantium), was modeled after the Lighthouse of Alexandria. It was built between the 1st and 2nd centuries AD, and is located in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
54Qp TIL that Buzz Aldrin celebrated communion on the moon and that NASA kept it a secret
W7w7A Today I learned that a day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus. Venus has an extremely slow rotation on its axis, taking about 243 Earth days to complete one rotation, while it only takes about 225 Earth days for Venus to orbit the Sun.
m1XXv TIL James Cameron was in talks to direct a Spider-Man movie in the mid-nineties. Leonardo DiCaprio would star in a "gritty" take on the story, but subsequent lawsuits--and Marvel declaring bankruptcy in 1996--canned the project.
W7GmN TIL Louis Eppolito, who played Fat Andy in ‘Goodfellas’ and a detective in ‘Lost Highway’ among other roles, was an NYPD detective who led a double life as an associate of the Five Families