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TIL about 'brain fuck' a programming language that it has only 8 valid characters

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BgwXd TIL the first documented case of babies being switched at birth in NHS history
yOLa TIL most of the “facts” about Nostradamus are false, his astrologies were false with lots of errors, he did not predict his own death correctly as it was his secretary who edited it after his death, etc.
N79gE TIL the movie Jaws (1975) became the first ever summer blockbuster after failing to stick to its schedule. Before this, summer was perceived as a time to enjoy the outdoors when fewer people would go to the cinema.
Pexe TIL upon the advent of wood 400 million years ago, it took fungi 50mil years to evolve a way to decompose it. Until then, wood just piled up, never to decay. It is this single fact that led to the Carboniferous period.
PYMYg TIL that the reason Elvis never toured outside of North America was because unknown to Elvis, his manager Colonel Parker was an illegal alien and he discouraged him from doing it because he was afraid that if he left the country with Elvis he would not be let back in.