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TIL that Fakhruddin Razi (d.1210), a Persian Polymath, decentred our universe-centric ideas with his conception of a multiverse. This astonishing idea happened 300 years before Copernicus' more well-known revolution of moving western astronomical knowledge from geocentric to heliocentric

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EgnPP TIL - The Simpsons episode where "Burns Slant-Drilling Co." steals the school's oil is rooted in actual events, such as the East Texas "slant-hole scandal" where an estimated $100 million worth of oil was stolen over several decades from legal owners
mx1Rx TIL that some famous Beatles songs had hilarious working titles. “Yesterday” was originally called Scrambled Eggs, “With a Little Help From My Friends” was originally called Bad Finger Boogie, etc
XEARE TIL in addition to his famous sword, "Excalibur," King Arthur had a spear named "Ron."
16MDW TIL Heinrich Himmler's daughter, Gudrun Burwitz, never renounced Nazi ideology, spending most of her life defending her father's reputation. She died in 2018.
jNPZQ TIL almost every species of cactus in the world grows in the Americas, except for the mistletoe cactus which grows in the tropics of Africa. It's unknown why this is the only cactus species outside of the Americas.