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TIL of the Lizardman Constant, which basically says that 4% of polling data is worthless due to people either being insane or deliberately corrupting your data

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QNJyE TIL during the reign of king Zhong Kang of the Xia fynasty of china, the royal astronomers failed to predict a solar eclipse because the astronmers were licentious and drunk at the time.Since it caused confusion among the common people, they were punished for neglecting their duties.
9akQ TIL there’s an Association of Dead People in India, protesting after losing their land to relatives who have corrupt officials declare them dead
aWB0 TIL that Aragorn and Arwen were first cousins… 63 times removed.
VMRZQ TIL after Warner Bros. execs suggested adding a third character to "Pinky And The Brain," writers responded to the unwanted input with the episode "Pinky & The Brain And...Larry" which featured a third, superfluous mouse named Larry that added nothing to the plot but repeatedly saying "I'm Larry"
epP4E TIL an ostriches knee is hidden by its feathers. The part of their leg that looks like a knee is actually their ankle.