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TIL All 27 of Uranus moons are named after William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope characters.

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NmrM TIL a reporter who wrote stories about a serial killer was actually the serial killer himself - and he later allegedly committed suicide by drowning himself in a bucket of water
J1P8v TIL Karoly Takacs was a top pistol shooter in the Hungarian Army who missed the 1936 Olympics due to his rank. in 1938 he destroyed his right hand due to an accident, he started shooting left-handed and won Gold in the 1948 & 1952 Olympics.
Bg7b TIL that sleep allows the brain’s synapses to be optimized to prevent your brain from growing too big
VB5vG TIL Jennifer Coolidge is president Calvin coolidge's 8th cousin twice removed.
R5VxQ TIL that the premise of the movie Sunshine, a crew of space voyagers trying to revive fading sun with an artificial explosion, had been used in literature as early as in 1931.