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TIL that Zarmanochegas was an indian monk of the Sramana tradition who, according to ancient historians, burnt himself to death in Athens

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VMKeD TIL that during WW1, a Canadian soldier brought his pet bear to Britain. He named the bear Winnie after his home town Winnipeg an later donated the bear to the London Zoo where a boy named Christopher Robin liked it so much it inspired his father to write about it, thus Winnie the Pooh.
R54 TIL that the cancellation of “The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack” spawned “Adventure Time” and “Regular Show”
9YJ4m TIL About the "Great Cat Massacre" In 17th century Paris a group of apprentices, angered that they were treated worse than cats, imitated the felines screeching all night. The master ordered the noisy cats killed. The apprentices held a trial, convicted the cats of witchcraft, and hung them.
x6kJ7 TIL James Nasmyth discovered fine scale solar features, which he painted in detail and called 'willow-leaf-shaped objects in 1860. Now known as solar granulation, their existence was disputed for many years
d8KQZ TIL In 1969, Jimi Hendrix sent a telegram to Paul McCartney asking him to join a supergroup along with Tony Williams and Miles Davis. McCartney never received the message.