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TIL that it takes 45 minutes to take a poop in space.
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TIL that “peruse” is it’s own antonym, defined as (a) to examine in detail or (b) to look over in a casual manner.
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TIL In 1969 a 14 year old boy managed to sneak into John Lennon’s hotel room with a reel-to-reel recorder and Lennon actually agreed to be interviewed by him. The recording still exists.
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TIL 25% of Spongebob Squarepants viewers are adults with no children.
GoWJ
TIL that when Laurence Olivier was preparing to do a love scene with an actress, he would say, “I apologise if I get aroused, and I apologise if I do not get aroused.”
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TIL in 1846, Henry David Thoreau refused to pay his taxes because he objected the Mexican-American War and slavery. He spent the night in jail for his actions. This popularized the concept of Civil Disobedience, peacefully protesting a law, which later influenced Gandhi, MLK, and Leo Tolstoy.